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Nearest Communities to Goodwin,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Goodwin.<1>

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

Goodwin is located in Ellis County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ellis County: Beaver, Dewey, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward, Hemphill (TX) & Lipscomb (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Goodwin. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Ellis 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 Goodwin (which is Ellis 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 Goodwin

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

  • Ellis County   (where Goodwin resides)
    • County Seat for Ellis:   Arnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goodwin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goodwin.
      • Shattuck
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Touzalin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Touzalin is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Touzalin
      • Arnett
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gage
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Catesby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Catesby is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catesby
      • Chaney
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Chaney is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
      • Harmon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Harmon is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
      • Fargo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Beaver County
  • Harper County
  • Roger Mills County
  • Woodward County
  • Hemphill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hemphill.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hemphill:   Canadian (TX)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goodwin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goodwin.
      • Dreyfoos
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Dreyfoos is located in Hemphill County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfoos
      • Glazier
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Glazier is located in Hemphill County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glazier
      • Springers Ranch ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Springers Ranch is located in Hemphill County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
      • Clear Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gem
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Gem is located in Hemphill County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
  • Lipscomb County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lipscomb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lipscomb:   Lipscomb (TX)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goodwin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goodwin.
      • Higgins
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Higgins is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Higgins <3>
      • Magoun
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Magoun is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magoun
      • Coburn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Coburn is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • Lipscomb
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Follett
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Follett is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Follett
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Follett <3>
      • Sherlock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Sherlock is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherlock
      • Locust Grove
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Locust Grove is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
      • Darrouzett
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Timms City ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Timms City is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timms City
      • Barton Corners
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Barton Corners is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Corners
      • Twin Grove
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Twin Grove is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove

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- Goodwin) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.