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Nearest Communities to Back,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Back is located in Gray County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gray County: Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Back. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Gray 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 Back (which is Gray 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 Back

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

  • Gray County   (where Back resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Pampa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Back.
      • Denworth
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Denworth is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denworth
      • Wesco
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wesco is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
      • McLean
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Laketon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Laketon is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • Lefors
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Alanreed
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Heaton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Heaton is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
      • Bowers City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Bowers City is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers City
      • Hoover
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hoover is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Mesilla Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Mesilla Park is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesilla Park
      • Pampa
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsmill Camp
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
      • Kingsmill ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Kingsmill is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
  • Carson County
  • Collingsworth County
  • Donley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.donley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Donley:   Clarendon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Back.
      • Rockledge
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockledge is located in Donley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
      • Jericho
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jericho is located in Donley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Boydston
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Boydston is located in Donley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydston
      • Howardwick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Howardwick is located in Donley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardwick
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
  • Hemphill County
  • Roberts County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.roberts.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Roberts:   Miami
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Back.
      • Codman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Codman is located in Roberts County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codman
      • Miami
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lora
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Lora is located in Roberts County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lora
      • Wayside
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Wayside is located in Roberts County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Wheeler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Back.
      • Bellco
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Bellco is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellco
      • Kellerville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Kellerville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
      • Pakan
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pakan is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pakan
      • Magic City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
      • New Mobeetie
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
      • Mobeetie
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ramsdell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Ramsdell is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdell
      • Lela
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lela is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lela
      • Wheeler
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Twitty
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
      • Shamrock
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Briscoe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Kelton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
        • Norrick
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Norrick is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrick
        • Zybach ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Zybach is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach
        • Fuller
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Fuller is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Back) 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.
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