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Nearest Communities to Shakespeare,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Shakespeare.<1>

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

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

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hidalgo County: Cochise (AZ), Greenlee (AZ), Grant & Luna.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shakespeare. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Hidalgo 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 Shakespeare (which is Hidalgo 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 Shakespeare

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

  • Hidalgo County   (where Shakespeare resides)
    • County Website:   https://hidalgocounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hidalgo:   Lordsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shakespeare   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shakespeare.
      • Valedon ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Valedon is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valedon
      • Lordsburg
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gary
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Gary is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
      • Leitendorf ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Leitendorf is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitendorf
      • Ulmoris
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Ulmoris is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmoris
      • Mitchell Place
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Mitchell Place is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Place
      • Lisbon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Lisbon is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Mondel
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Mondel is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondel
      • McGhee Wells
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • McGhee Wells is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee Wells
      • Steins ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cotton City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
      • Windmill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Antelope
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Antelope is located in Hidalgo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
        • White Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • White Place is located in Hidalgo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Place
        • Animas
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Virden
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Virden is located in Hidalgo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Playas ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Playas is located in Hidalgo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playas
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Silver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shakespeare   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shakespeare.
      • Gold Hill ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Gold Hill is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
      • Malone ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Malone is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
      • Brockman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Brockman is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockman
      • Separ
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Redrock
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Edgal Place
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Edgal Place is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgal Place
      • White Signal
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • White Signal is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Signal
      • Pothook
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pothook is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pothook
      • Guess Place
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Guess Place is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guess Place
      • Black Hawk ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Black Hawk is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
      • Wilna
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Wilna is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilna
      • Alhambra ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Alhambra is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
      • Vista
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Vista is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
  • Cochise County
  • Graham 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shakespeare) 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 Shakespeare, 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.
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