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Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.<1>

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

Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Callahan, Coleman, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels & Shackelford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buffalo Gap. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Taylor 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 Buffalo Gap (which is Taylor 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 Buffalo Gap

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

  • Taylor County   (where Buffalo Gap resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Gap.
      • View
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • View is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
      • Tuscola
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Caps
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Caps is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
      • Wylie
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Wylie is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Ovalo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Potosi
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Cozart
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Cozart is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
      • Guion
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Guion is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Tye
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Mount Pleasant
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Lawn
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rogers
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Rogers is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Abilene
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bradshaw
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
        • Elmdale
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
        • Impact
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Impact is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
        • Blair
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Blair is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
        • Merkel
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hamby
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Happy Valley
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
        • Shep
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Shep is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shep
        • Trent
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Callahan County
  • Coleman County
  • Fisher County
  • Jones County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jones:   Anson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Gap.
      • North Abilene
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • North Abilene is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
      • Stith
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Hodges
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Hodges is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
      • Hawley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
      • Truby
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Truby is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truby
      • Noodle
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Noodle is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
      • Phantom Hill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
      • Nugent
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Nugent is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
  • Nolan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Gap.
      • Toland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Toland is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toland
      • Grimes
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Grimes is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
      • Hylton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Nolan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Herndon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Herndon is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
      • Tesco
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Tesco is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesco
  • Runnels 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- Buffalo Gap) 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.