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Nearest Communities to Anson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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 Anson.<1>

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

Anson is located in Jones County and is the County Seat.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jones County: Callahan, Fisher, Haskell, Nolan, Shackelford, Stonewall & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Anson. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Jones 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 Anson (which is Jones 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 Anson

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

  • Jones County   (where Anson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jones:   Anson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Anson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Anson.
      • Funston
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Corinth
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Corinth is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Radium
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Truby
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Truby is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truby
      • Plainview
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Plainview is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • New Hope
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • New Hope is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Hodges
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Hodges is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
      • Hawley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Neinda
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Neinda is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neinda
      • Tuxedo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Avoca
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Nugent
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Nugent is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Noodle
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Noodle is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
        • Stith
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Phantom Hill
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
        • Pastura
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Pastura is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastura
        • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
        • Lueders
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • North Abilene
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • North Abilene is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
  • Fisher County
    • County Website:   https://www.fishercounty.org/
    • County Seat for Fisher:   Roby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Anson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Anson.
      • Hamlin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • McCaulley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley
      • Hitson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hitson is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitson
      • Reynolds
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Reynolds is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
      • Sylvester
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Pledger
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Pledger is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
      • Royston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Eskota
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Eskota is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
      • Longworth
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Longworth is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
      • Palava
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Palava is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palava
      • Fisher
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Fisher is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • North Roby
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • North Roby is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Roby
      • Roby
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Haskell County
  • Nolan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Anson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Anson.
      • Toland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Toland is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toland
      • Grimes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Grimes is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
      • Herndon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Herndon is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
      • Tesco
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Tesco is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesco
  • Shackelford County
  • Stonewall County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Anson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Anson.
      • Impact
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Impact is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Merkel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tye
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Tye is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <3>
      • Hamby
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Trent
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Abilene
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Blair
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Blair is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Cozart
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Cozart is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
      • Mount Pleasant
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Caps
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Caps is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
      • Elmdale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Wylie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Wylie is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • View
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • View is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View

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- Anson) 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.