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Nearest Communities to Blanton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Blanton.<1>

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

Blanton is located in Runnels County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Runnels County: Coke, Coleman, Concho, Nolan, Taylor & Tom Green.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blanton. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Runnels 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 Blanton (which is Runnels 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 Blanton

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

  • Runnels County   (where Blanton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.runnelscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blanton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blanton.
      • Benoit
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Benoit is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
      • Hatchel
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hatchel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
      • Ballinger
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Crews
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Crews is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
      • Valley View
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Valley View is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Winters
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bethel
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Bethel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Olfen
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Olfen is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olfen
      • Rowena
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Norton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pumphrey
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
      • Drasco
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Drasco is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Wilmeth
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Wilmeth is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmeth
        • Maverick ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Maverick is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
        • Wingate
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Marie
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Marie is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
        • Miles
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Callahan County
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blanton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blanton.
      • Tennyson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bronte
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Shawville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Shawville is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawville
      • Fort Chadbourne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
  • Coleman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coleman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coleman:   Coleman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blanton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blanton.
      • Talpa
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Glen Cove
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
      • Novice
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Valera
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Goldsboro
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
      • Leaday
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Leaday is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaday
      • Voss
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hamrick
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Hamrick is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Fisk
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Fisk is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
        • Coleman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Mozelle ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Mozelle is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
        • San Angelo Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • San Angelo Junction is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Angelo Junction
        • Gouldbusk
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Shields
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Shields is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Concho County
  • McCulloch County
  • Nolan County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blanton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blanton.
      • Bradshaw
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
      • Guion
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Guion is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Lawn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ovalo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Happy Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Rogers
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Rogers is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Tuscola
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Shep
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Shep is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shep
  • Tom Green County
    • County Website:   https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Tom Green:   San Angelo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blanton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blanton.
      • Seventeen Mile Crossing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sixteen Mile Crossing
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
      • Kiesling
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Kiesling is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiesling
      • Mullins Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Mullins Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Crossing
      • Mereta
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Orient
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blanton) 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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