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Nearest Communities to Canyon Valley,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.


Although our information shows that the community of Canyon Valley is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Crosby County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crosby County: Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn & Motley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Canyon Valley. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Crosby County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Canyon Valley (which is Crosby 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 Canyon Valley

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

  • Crosby County   (where Canyon Valley resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.crosby.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Crosby:   Crosbyton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Canyon Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Canyon Valley.
      • Cap Rock
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
      • Kalgary
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Kalgary is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalgary
      • Owens
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Owens is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
      • Savage ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Savage is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
      • Robertson
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Robertson is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
      • Crosbyton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Ralls
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lorenzo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Broadway
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Broadway is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
      • Cone
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Farmer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Farmer is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Estacado ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Estacado is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estacado
      • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
      • Wake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Wake is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
  • Dickens County
  • Garza County
    • County Website:   https://www.garzacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Garza:   Post
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Canyon Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Canyon Valley.
      • Verbena ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Verbena is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
      • Buenos
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Buenos is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos
      • Southland
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Southland is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
      • Pleasant Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Post
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Post is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
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      • Hackberry
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Hackberry is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Close City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Close City is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
        • Close City has also been known as:
        • Ragtown
      • Augustus
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Augustus is located in Garza County
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      • Graham
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Graham is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Justiceburg
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Lubbock County
    • County Website:   https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Lubbock:   Lubbock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Canyon Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Canyon Valley.
      • Midway
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Midway is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Slaton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Acuff
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Acuff is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acuff
      • Ransom Canyon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Posey
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Posey is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
      • Buffalo Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Roosevelt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Roosevelt is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
      • Union
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Union is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Canyon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Canyon is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
      • Idalou
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Burris
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Burris is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burris
      • Kitalou
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Kitalou is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitalou
      • Woodrow
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Woodrow is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Heckville ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
  • Lynn County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lynn:   Tahoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Canyon Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Canyon Valley.
      • Grassland
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Grassland is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
      • New Lynn ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
      • Wilson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Wayside ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Wayside is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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 from Point A (ie- Canyon Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Canyon Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.