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Nearest Communities to Bula,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.


Bula is located in Bailey County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bailey County: Curry (NM), Roosevelt (NM), Cochran, Lamb & Parmer.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bula. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Bailey 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 Bula (which is Bailey 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 Bula

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

  • Bailey County   (where Bula resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Bailey:   Muleshoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bula   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bula.
      • Enochs
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Circleback
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Circleback is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
      • Needmore
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Needmore is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Fairview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Baileyboro
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
      • Maple
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Goodland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Goodland is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
      • Stegall
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Stegall is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
      • Muleshoe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Progress
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Progress is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
  • Castro County
  • Cochran County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cochran.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Cochran:   Morton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bula   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bula.
      • Morton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Star Route
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Star Route is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
      • Neely Ward
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Neely Ward is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neely Ward
      • Famuliner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Famuliner is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famuliner
      • Whiteface
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lehman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lehman is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman
      • Griffith
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Griffith is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
      • Girlstown USA
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Girlstown USA is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlstown USA
      • Bledsoe
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hockley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hockley:   Levelland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bula   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bula.
      • Pep
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Oklahoma Flat
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
      • Pettit
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pettit is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
      • Whitharral
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Coble
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Coble is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble
      • Levelland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Anton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Anton is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anton <3>
      • Opdyke West
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Opdyke
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Opdyke is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke
  • Lamb County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bula   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bula.
      • Beck
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Beck is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck
      • Friendship
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Friendship is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Sudan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Amherst
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Littlefield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lums Chapel
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Lums Chapel is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lums Chapel
      • Cofferville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Cofferville is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
      • Bainer
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Bainer is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainer
      • Fieldton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Earth
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Spade
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Spade is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
        • Pleasant Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Hart Camp ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
        • Circle
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Circle is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
        • Springlake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Roosevelt County

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- Bula) 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.