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Nearest Communities to Benjamin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Benjamin is located in Knox County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Baylor, Foard, Haskell, King, Stonewall & Throckmorton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Benjamin. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Knox 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 Benjamin (which is Knox 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 Benjamin

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

  • Knox County   (where Benjamin resides)
    • County Seat for Knox:   Benjamin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benjamin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benjamin.
      • Rhineland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhineland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhineland
        • Rhineland is located in Knox County
      • Sunset
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
        • Sunset is located in Knox County
      • Truscott
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truscott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truscott
        • Truscott is located in Knox County
      • Gilliland
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Knox City
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox City
        • Knox City is located in Knox County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox City <4>
      • Union Grove
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
        • Union Grove is located in Knox County
      • Vera
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Munday
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munday have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munday
        • Munday is located in Knox County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munday <4>
      • Hefner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hefner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hefner
        • Hefner is located in Knox County
      • Goree
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goree
        • Goree is located in Knox County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goree <4>
  • Baylor County
  • Foard County
  • Haskell County
    • County Seat for Haskell:   Haskell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benjamin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benjamin.
      • O'Brien
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Brien have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
        • O'Brien is located in Haskell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Brien <4>
      • Rochester
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
        • Rochester is located in Haskell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochester <4>
      • Weinert
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weinert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
        • Weinert is located in Haskell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weinert <4>
      • Jud ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jud have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jud
        • Jud is located in Haskell County
      • Josselet
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josselet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselet
        • Josselet is located in Haskell County
      • Mattson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mattson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
        • Mattson is located in Haskell County
      • Pinkerton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinkerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton
        • Pinkerton is located in Haskell County
      • Rule
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rule have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
        • Rule is located in Haskell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <4>
      • Haskell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
        • Haskell is located in Haskell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haskell <4>
  • King County
  • Stonewall County
    • County Seat for Stonewall:   Aspermont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benjamin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benjamin.
      • Two F Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two F Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two F Crossing
        • Two F Crossing is located in Stonewall County
      • Geneview
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneview
        • Geneview is located in Stonewall County
      • Sandlin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlin
        • Sandlin is located in Stonewall 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Benjamin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Benjamin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5840, Longitude: -99.7927    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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