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Nearest Communities to Williams Ranch,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Williams Ranch, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Williams Ranch:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Williams Ranch.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Williams Ranch<2> is historic,<3> it would have been located within present day Mills County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mills County: Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas & San Saba.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 87 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williams Ranch. Of these communities, 65 are located in counties other than Mills County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<4> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Williams Ranch (which is Mills County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Williams Ranch

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Mills County   (where Williams Ranch resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.millscountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Mills:   Goldthwaite
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams Ranch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams Ranch.
      • Durenville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Durenville is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durenville
      • Bozar
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mullin
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Goldthwaite
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Valley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Big Valley is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
      • Villa
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Villa is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
      • Ridge
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Caradan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Caradan is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caradan
      • Blanket Springs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Blanket Springs is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Springs
      • Duke Crossing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Duke Crossing is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Crossing
      • Castor
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Castor is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castor
      • Ratler
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ratler is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratler
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Center City
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Center City is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
        • Democrat
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Democrat is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
        • Regency ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Regency is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
        • Priddy
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Double Ford
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Double Ford is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Ford
        • Pleasant Grove
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Pleasant Grove is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
        • Scallorn
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Scallorn is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scallorn
        • Buffalo
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Buffalo is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
        • Ebony ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Star
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Brown County
  • Comanche County
  • Coryell County
  • Hamilton County
    • County Website:   https://www.hamiltoncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Hamilton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams Ranch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams Ranch.
      • Pecan Wells
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Pecan Wells is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Wells
      • Indian Gap
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gap
      • McGirk ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Springdale
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Springdale is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Pottsville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Fairview is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Shive
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Shive is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
      • Vista
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Vista is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Schoolerville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Schoolerville is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolerville
      • Midway
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Lampasas County
  • McCulloch County
  • San Saba County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.san-saba.tx.us/
    • County Seat for San Saba:   San Saba
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams Ranch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams Ranch.
      • McMillan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • McMillan is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
      • Spring Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Spring Creek is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Fairview
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fairview is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Locker ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • China Creek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • China Creek is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Creek
      • Bowser
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Bowser is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowser
      • San Saba
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Harkeyville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Harkeyville is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkeyville
      • Skeeterville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Skeeterville is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeeterville
      • Algerita
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Algerita is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algerita
      • Richland Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hicks Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Hicks Crossing is located in San Saba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Holt ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Rough Creek Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Rough Creek Crossing is located in San Saba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek Crossing
        • Elm Grove
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Elm Grove is located in San Saba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
        • Bend
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hall
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Hall is located in San Saba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
        • Sloan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Sloan is located in San Saba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
        • High Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • High Valley is located in San Saba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
        • Chappel
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Chappel is located in San Saba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappel

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williams Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Williams Ranch may originally have been William's Ranch. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Williams Ranch might be written as William Ranch. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Williams Ranch.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williams Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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