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Nearest Communities to Bluit,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Roosevelt County: Chaves, Curry, Lea, Quay, Bailey (TX) & Cochran (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bluit. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Roosevelt County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Bluit (which is Roosevelt 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 Bluit

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

  • Roosevelt County   (where Bluit resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Portales
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bluit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bluit.
      • Milnesand
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lingo ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Lingo is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
      • Richland ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Richland is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • New Hope ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • New Hope is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Garrison ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Garrison is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Pep ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pep is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pep
      • Eagle Hill ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Eagle Hill is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
      • Causey
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Longs ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Longs is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
      • Inez ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Inez is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
      • Dora
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Dora is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <4>
      • Rogers
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Rogers is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Red Lake ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Red Lake is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
  • Chaves County
  • Lea County
  • Bailey County
  • Cochran County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cochran.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Cochran:   Morton (TX)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bluit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bluit.
      • Bledsoe
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Griffith
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Griffith is located in Cochran County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
      • Famuliner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Famuliner is located in Cochran County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famuliner
      • Neely Ward
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Neely Ward is located in Cochran County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neely Ward
      • Star Route
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Star Route is located in Cochran County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
      • Lehman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Lehman is located in Cochran County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman
      • Morton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Morton is located in Cochran County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,840 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <4>
  • Yoakum County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bluit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bluit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.