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Nearest Communities to Burkett,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Burkett is located in Coleman County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Coleman County: Brown, Callahan, Concho, McCulloch, Runnels & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Burkett. Of these communities, 58 are located in counties other than Coleman 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 Burkett (which is Coleman 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 Burkett

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

  • Coleman County   (where Burkett resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coleman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coleman:   Coleman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Burkett   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burkett.
      • Webbville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Webbville is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbville
      • Echo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Echo is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Buffalo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Buffalo is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Coleman
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamrick
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hamrick is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
      • San Angelo Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • San Angelo Junction is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Angelo Junction
      • Liberty
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Liberty is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Obregon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Obregon is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obregon
      • Santa Anna
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Silver Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
      • Cleveland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Cleveland is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Novice
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Valera
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Glen Cove
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Fisk
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Fisk is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
        • Goldsboro
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Trickham
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Shields
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Shields is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Brownwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Burkett   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burkett.
      • Cross Cut
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Grosvenor
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Grosvenor is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosvenor
      • Blackwell Crossing
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Blackwell Crossing is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Crossing
      • Fry ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Williams
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Williams is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Byrds
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Byrds is located in Brown County
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      • Lake Shore
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Shore is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
      • Thrifty
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Thrifty is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
      • Shamrock Shores
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Shores
      • Holder
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Holder is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
      • Lake Brownwood
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
      • May
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Bangs
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Owens
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Owens is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
        • Bluff View
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Bluff View is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff View
        • Early
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Brownwood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Delaware Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Delaware Junction is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
        • Woodland Heights
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Woodland Heights is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
        • Dalzell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Dalzell is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
        • Ricker ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Ricker is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricker
        • Blanket
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Antioch
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Antioch is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Callahan County
  • Comanche County
  • Eastland County
    • County Website:   https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
    • County Seat for Eastland:   Eastland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Burkett   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burkett.
      • Pioneer
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Pioneer is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Sabanno
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Sabanno is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
      • Rising Star
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Branton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Branton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton
      • Union Center
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Union Center is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Chuckville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Chuckville is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckville
      • Nimrod ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Scranton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Scranton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
      • Mountain Top
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Mountain Top is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
      • Okra
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Romney
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Romney is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
      • Pleasant Hill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Mitchell
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Mitchell is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Carbon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Cisco
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Mangum ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Mangum is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
  • Taylor 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- Burkett) 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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