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Nearest Communities to Buford,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.<1>

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

Buford is located in Mitchell County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mitchell County: Borden, Coke, Fisher, Howard, Nolan, Scurry & Sterling.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buford. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Mitchell 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 Buford (which is Mitchell 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 Buford

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

  • Mitchell County   (where Buford resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mitchell.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Mitchell:   Colorado City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buford.
      • Colorado City
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Valley View
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Valley View is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Rodet
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Rodet is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodet
      • Loraine
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuthbert ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Cuthbert is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Westbrook
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Spade
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lowe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Lowe is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Iatan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Crossing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Pecan Crossing is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Crossing
      • Hyman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Hyman is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyman
  • Coke County
  • Fisher County
    • County Website:   https://www.fishercounty.org/
    • County Seat for Fisher:   Roby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buford.
      • Bernecker
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Bernecker is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernecker
      • Gannon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Gannon is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gannon
      • Claytonville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Capitola
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Hobbs
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Busby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Busby is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
      • Scotts Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Scotts Corner is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
      • Center
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Center is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
      • Sardis
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Sardis is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
      • Cross Roads
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cross Roads is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Howard County
  • Nolan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buford.
      • Wastella ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Wastella is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wastella
      • Brownlee
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Brownlee is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Champion
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Champion is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
      • Roscoe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Avenger Village
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
      • Shaufler
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Shaufler is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaufler
      • Orient
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Orient is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Sweetwater
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Maryneal
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Scurry County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.scurry.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Scurry:   Snyder
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buford.
      • China Grove
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • China Grove is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
      • Dunn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Inadale
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Inadale is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inadale
      • Ira
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hermleigh
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Snyder
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Knapp
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Knapp is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
      • Union
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Union is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Midway
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Franklin Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Franklin Center is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Center
      • Camp Springs
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Springs is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Springs
      • Brand
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Brand is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
      • Arah
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Arah is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arah
      • Dermott
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Dermott is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dermott
  • Sterling County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buford) 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.