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Nearest Communities to Baird,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Baird.<1>

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

Baird is located in Callahan County and is the County Seat.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Callahan County: Brown, Coleman, Eastland, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Baird. Of these communities, 45 are located in counties other than Callahan 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 Baird (which is Callahan 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 Baird

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

  • Callahan County   (where Baird resides)
  • Brown County
  • Coleman County
  • Eastland County
    • County Website:   https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
    • County Seat for Eastland:   Eastland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Baird   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Baird.
      • Scranton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Scranton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
      • Mitchell
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Mitchell is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Dothan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dothan is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
      • Nimrod ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Sabanno
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sabanno is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
      • Cisco
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Hill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Pioneer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneer is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Romney
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Romney is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
      • Mountain Top
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Mountain Top is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
      • Branton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Branton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton
      • Union Center
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Union Center is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
  • Jones County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jones:   Anson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Baird   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Baird.
      • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
      • Phantom Hill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
      • North Abilene
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • North Abilene is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
      • Nugent
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Nugent is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
      • Hawley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hodges
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hodges is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
  • Shackelford County
  • Stephens County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Baird   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Baird.
      • Elmdale
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Potosi
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hamby
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Abilene
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Impact
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Impact is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Rogers
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rogers is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Wylie
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Wylie is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Tuscola
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Buffalo Gap
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Caps
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Caps is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
      • Lawn
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tye
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • 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>
      • Ovalo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • View
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baird) 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.