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Nearest Communities to Arden,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Irion County: Crockett, Reagan, Schleicher, Sterling & Tom Green.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Arden. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Irion 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 Arden (which is Irion 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 Arden

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

  • Irion County   (where Arden resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.irion.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Irion:   Mertzon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arden.
      • Hughes ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Hughes is located in Irion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Sherwood ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Sherwood is located in Irion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Mertzon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Old Burk Place
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Old Burk Place is located in Irion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Burk Place
      • Old Freitag Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Old Freitag Place is located in Irion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Freitag Place
      • Noelke
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Noelke is located in Irion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noelke
      • Suggs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Suggs is located in Irion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggs
  • Coke County
  • Sterling County
  • Tom Green County
    • County Website:   https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Tom Green:   San Angelo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arden.
      • Tankersley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Tankersley is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tankersley
      • Carlsbad
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Knickerbocker
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Negro Crossing
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Negro Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Crossing
      • Water Valley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Grape Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
      • S N Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • S N Junction is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S N Junction
      • San Angelo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Byrne
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Byrne is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne
      • Alvery Junction
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Alvery Junction is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvery Junction
      • Christoval
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sixmile Crossing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Harriet
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Harriet is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
        • Wall
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Wall is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
        • Veribest
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Veribest is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
        • Orient
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Orient is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arden) 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 Arden, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.