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Nearest Communities to Amherst,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 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.

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

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

Amherst is located in Lamb County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lamb County: Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, Parmer & Swisher.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Amherst. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Lamb 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 Amherst (which is Lamb 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 Amherst

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

  • Lamb County   (where Amherst resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Cofferville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Cofferville is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
      • Sudan
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Littlefield
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Beck
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Beck is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck
      • Friendship
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Friendship is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Fieldton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lums Chapel
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Lums Chapel is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lums Chapel
      • Hart Camp ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
      • Bainer
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Bainer is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainer
      • Earth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Circle
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Circle is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
      • Spade
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Springlake
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Corry
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Corry is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
        • Olton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Bailey County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Bailey:   Muleshoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Fairview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Fairview is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Bula
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Circleback
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Circleback is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
      • Needmore
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Needmore is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Enochs
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Muleshoe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Baileyboro
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
      • Progress
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Progress is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
      • Maple
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Castro County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Dodd
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Dodd is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
      • Sunnyside
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Sunnyside is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Big Square
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Big Square is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
      • Flagg
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Flagg is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
      • Hart
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hart is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <3>
      • Hilburn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hilburn is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
  • Cochran County
  • Hale County
  • Hockley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hockley:   Levelland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Oklahoma Flat
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
      • Pep
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitharral
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Anton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Anton is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anton <3>
      • Pettit
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Pettit is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
      • Roundup
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Coble
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Coble is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble
      • Levelland
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Opdyke West
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Opdyke
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Opdyke is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke
  • Parmer County

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 from Point A (ie- Amherst) 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.