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Nearest Communities to Allred,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Allred.<1>

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

Allred is located in Yoakum County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yoakum County: Lea (NM), Cochran, Gaines & Terry.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Allred. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Yoakum 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 Allred (which is Yoakum 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 Allred

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

  • Yoakum County   (where Allred resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.yoakum.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Yoakum:   Plains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allred   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allred.
      • Sligo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Sligo is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
      • Pleasant Hill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Plains
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Bronco
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bronco is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
  • Gaines County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gaines:   Seminole
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allred   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allred.
      • Denver City
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Higginbotham
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Higginbotham is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginbotham
      • Seagraves
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Paynes Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Paynes Corner is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
      • State Line
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • State Line is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • Seminole
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Loop
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Fairview
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairview is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Terry County
  • Lea County
    • County Website:   https://www.leacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Lea:   Lovington (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allred   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allred.
      • Knowles ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Knowles is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
      • Prairieview ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Prairieview is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview
      • Bronco
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bronco is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Air Base City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Air Base City is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Base City
      • Humble City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Humble City is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
      • Hobbs
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hobbs is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <3>
      • Gladiola ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Gladiola is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladiola
      • Hillburn City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Hillburn City is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillburn City
      • Lovington
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • McDonald
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Nadine
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Nadine is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
      • Warren ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Warren is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allred) 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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