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Nearest Communities to Ararat,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Comanche County: Brown, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton & Mills.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ararat. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Comanche 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 Ararat (which is Comanche 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 Ararat

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

  • Comanche County   (where Ararat resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.comanche.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Comanche:   Comanche
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ararat   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ararat.
      • Proctor
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hazeldell
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hazeldell is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
      • Wilson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Roch
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Roch is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roch
      • Hasse
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Hasse is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasse
      • Gustine
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Siloam
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Siloam is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
      • Comyn
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamkin
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lamkin is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
      • Fleming
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Fleming is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
      • Vandyke
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Vandyke is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
      • Downing
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Downing is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
  • Bosque County
  • Brown County
  • Eastland County
  • Erath County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.erath.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Erath:   Stephenville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ararat   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ararat.
      • Edna Hill
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Edna Hill is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Hill
      • Shiloh
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Shiloh is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Purves
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Purves is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purves
      • Dublin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cottonwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Cottonwood is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Alexander
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Harbin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Highland is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Bunyan
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Clairette
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Victor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Victor is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
      • Lingleville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
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        • Selden
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Selden is located in Erath County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
        • Stephenville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Duffau
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Welcome Valley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Welcome Valley is located in Erath County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Valley
        • Johnsville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Johnsville is located in Erath County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
        • Knob Hill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Knob Hill is located in Erath County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
        • Three Way
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Three Way is located in Erath County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
        • Huckabay
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Huckabay is located in Erath County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huckabay
        • Hannibal
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Hamilton County
    • County Website:   https://www.hamiltoncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Hamilton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ararat   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ararat.
      • Carlton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Sunshine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Sunshine is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Gentrys Mill
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Gentrys Mill is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
      • Springtown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Springtown is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
      • Spurlin ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
      • Olin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Olin is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
      • Indian Gap
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gap
      • Pottsville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Midway
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Hico
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Hamilton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Springdale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Springdale is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Fairy
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Fairy is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairy
        • Shive
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Shive is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
        • Pecan Wells
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Pecan Wells is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Wells
        • Agee ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Schoolerville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Schoolerville is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolerville
        • Lanham
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • McGirk ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Aleman
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Aleman is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aleman
        • Vista
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Vista is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Parsley Crossing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Parsley Crossing is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsley Crossing
  • Mills 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ararat) 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 Ararat, 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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