"near town" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that something is in close proximity to a town or city. For example, "We decided to take a hiking trip to a campground near town."
The most important purpose of the work is represented by the restoration of Palacio Rivero, the smallest of the Chan Chan palaces, and by the protection of the site from the aggressive and uncontrolled growth of the near town of Trujillo through the creation of an Archaeological Park.
Another story claims that while a countryman traversed a road to an near town, he encountered a well dressed man riding a white horse.
The savvy business duo pulled up at various places including University campus's that were nowhere near town centres and quickly took a roaring trade.
Also near town are Glacier Gardens, a magnificent privately run botanical reserve on Thunder Mountain adjoining a section of Tongass National Park.
Cross-country skiing: various tracks near town.
"We want to stay near town.
In the mountains near town, the driving is epic.
I'm 56, and I had a livestock operation near town.
Construction of the bigger — much bigger — 'Hotel Copenhagen is finally well under way; its site is be hind the Hotel Imperial in midtown, near Town Hall Square and Tivoli Gardens.
The County Department of Health has identified a gasoline discharge from the ground near Town Dock Road in New Rochelle, which is leaching into Long Island Sound from an undetermined source.
The courthouse is behind the police station near Town Hall, which houses the Madeleine Gutman Gallery, named for the previous arts and culture director.
