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Nearest Communities to Capps Switch,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 from Capps Switch.<1>

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

Capps Switch is located in Moore County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Moore County: Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Oldham, Potter & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Capps Switch. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Moore 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 Capps Switch (which is Moore 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 Capps Switch

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

  • Moore County   (where Capps Switch resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.moore.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Moore:   Dumas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Capps Switch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Capps Switch.
      • Sunray
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Sheerin Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Sheerin Junction is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin Junction
      • Sheerin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Sheerin is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin
      • Bryden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Bryden is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryden
      • Etter
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Etter is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
      • Cactus
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Machovec
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Machovec is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machovec
      • Dumas
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stallwitz Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Stallwitz Lake is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallwitz Lake
      • Bautista
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Bautista is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bautista
      • Four Way
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Four Way is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Way
  • Carson County
  • Hansford County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hansford.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hansford:   Spearman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Capps Switch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Capps Switch.
      • Morse
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • McKibben
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • McKibben is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKibben
      • Gruver
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hansford
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hansford is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
      • Spearman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimball
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimball is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
      • Bernstein
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bernstein is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstein
  • Hartley County
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hutchinson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Stinnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Capps Switch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Capps Switch.
      • Morse Junction
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Morse Junction is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Junction
      • Pringle
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Stinnett
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Oil City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Dial
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dial is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
      • Holt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Holt is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Sanford
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Stekoll Camp
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Stekoll Camp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stekoll Camp
      • Plemons ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Plemons is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plemons
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Electric City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
        • Fritch
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>
        • Philrich
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Philrich is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philrich
        • Bunavista
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Bunavista is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunavista
        • Phillips
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Phillips is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
        • Borger
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <3>
  • Sherman 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Capps Switch) 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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