Nearest Communities to Townsend,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Townsend, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Townsend:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Townsend.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Townsend is located in Lafayette County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lafayette County: Dixie, Gilchrist, Madison, Suwannee & Taylor.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 78 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Townsend. Of these communities, 67 are located in counties other than Lafayette County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Townsend (which is Lafayette 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 Townsend
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lafayette County (where Townsend resides)
- County Website: https://lafayettecountyfl.org/
- County Seat for Lafayette: Mayo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Townsend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
- Buckville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Buckville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Junction is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Junction
- Peterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Chancey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chancey is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancey
- Mayo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Pedro Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Pedro Junction is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro Junction
- Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Cooks Hammock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
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- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Grady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Dixie County
- County Website: https://www.dixiecounty.us/
- County Seat for Dixie: Cross City
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
- Hines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hines is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Jonesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Broscan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Broscan is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broscan
- Hamilton County
- County Website: https://hamiltoncountyfl.com/
- County Seat for Hamilton: Jasper
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
- Blue Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- West Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Lake is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake
- Madison County
- County Website: https://madisoncountyfl.com/
- County Seat for Madison: Madison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Townsend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
- Hopewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ebb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ebb is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Sirmans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sirmans is located in Madison County
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- Hanson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hanson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Ahosulga ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ahosulga is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahosulga
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stern is located in Madison County
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- New Mikasuki ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Mikasuki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mikasuki
- Reams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reams is located in Madison County
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- Suwannee County
- County Website: https://suwanneecountyfl.gov/
- County Seat for Suwannee: Live Oak
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
- Dell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dell is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Luraville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Luraville is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luraville
- Dowling Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling Park is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling Park
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- San Pedro Poturiba ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- San Pedro Poturiba is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro Poturiba
- Newburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newburn is located in Suwannee County
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- Mercer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Suwannee County
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- Starr
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Starr is located in Suwannee County
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- Ellaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ellaville is located in Suwannee County
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- Falmouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth is located in Suwannee County
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- Dickert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dickert is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickert
- McAlpin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
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- Padlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- Pine Mount
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pine Mount is located in Suwannee County
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- Slade
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Slade is located in Suwannee County
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- O'Brien
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Live Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Union is located in Suwannee County
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- Houston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Suwannee County
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- Rixford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rixford is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Branford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beachville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beachville is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville
- Wachitokha ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wachitokha is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wachitokha
- Suwannee Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suwannee Springs is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee Springs
- Taylor County
- County Website: https://www.taylorcountygov.com/
- County Seat for Taylor: Perry
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Townsend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
- Fenholloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fenholloway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenholloway
- Foley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Foley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Athena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Athena is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athena
- Pinland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinland is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinland
- Bucell Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bucell Junction is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucell Junction
- Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Carbur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carbur is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbur
- Boyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Secotan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Secotan is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secotan
- Hampton Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hampton Springs is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Springs
- Shady Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
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- Clara
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clara is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Roach
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Tennille
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tennille is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennille
- Iddo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iddo is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iddo
- Dekle Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dekle Beach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekle Beach
- Howell Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Howell Place is located in Taylor County
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- Keaton Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keaton Beach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keaton Beach
- Eridu
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eridu is located in Taylor County
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- Fish Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fish Creek is located in Taylor County
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- Waylonzo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waylonzo is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylonzo
- Dallus Creek Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dallus Creek Landing is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallus Creek Landing
- Nugalla ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nugalla is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugalla
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Townsend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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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