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Nearest Communities to Avoca,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 starting from Avoca.<1>

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

Avoca is located in Jones County.

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 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Avoca. Of these communities, 36 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 Avoca (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 Avoca

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

  • Jones County   (where Avoca resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jones:   Anson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avoca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avoca.
      • New Hope
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • New Hope is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Lueders
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Corinth
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Corinth is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Funston
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Nugent
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Nugent is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
      • Anson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Plainview is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Tuxedo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Phantom Hill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
      • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
      • Radium
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Hawley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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        • Pastura
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Pastura is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastura
        • Truby
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Truby is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truby
        • Hodges
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Hodges is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
        • North Abilene
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • North Abilene is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
        • Neinda
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Neinda is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neinda
        • Stith
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Noodle
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Noodle is located in Jones County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
  • Fisher County
  • Haskell County
    • County Website:   https://www.haskellcountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Haskell:   Haskell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avoca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avoca.
      • Stamford
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Plainview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Plainview is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Paint Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Paint Creek is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
      • Scott Crossing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Scott Crossing is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Crossing
      • Haskell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Sagerton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinkerton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Pinkerton is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton
      • Irby
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Irby is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irby
      • Rule
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Rule is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <3>
      • Josselet
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Josselet is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselet
      • Mattson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Mattson is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
  • Shackelford County
  • Stonewall County
  • Taylor County
  • Throckmorton County
    • County Website:   https://www.throckmortoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Throckmorton:   Throckmorton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avoca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avoca.
      • M K Crossing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • M K Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for M K Crossing
      • Coody Crossing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Coody Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coody Crossing
      • Dug Ford
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Dug Ford is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Ford
      • Buzzard Peak Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Buzzard Peak Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Peak Crossing
      • Paint Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Paint Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Crossing
      • Hayford Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Hayford Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Crossing
      • Bartholomew Crossing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bartholomew Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartholomew Crossing
      • Gentry Crossing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Gentry Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry Crossing
      • Reynolds Crossing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Reynolds Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossing
      • McKeichan Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • McKeichan Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeichan Crossing

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avoca) 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.