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Nearest Communities to Cedar Hill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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 west 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.

Please note 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.


Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Floyd County: Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Hale, Lubbock, Motley & Swisher.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cedar Hill. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Floyd 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 Cedar Hill (which is Floyd 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 Cedar Hill

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

  • Floyd County   (where Cedar Hill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.floyd.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Floyd:   Floydada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar Hill.
      • Johnfarris
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Johnfarris is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnfarris
      • South Plains
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Della Plain ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Della Plain is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Della Plain
      • Fairmont
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Fairmont is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
      • Gray Mule ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
      • Sterley ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sterley is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterley
      • Boothe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Boothe is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothe
      • Muncy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Muncy is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
      • Floydada
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lockney
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lone Star
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Lone Star is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Dougherty
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Lakeview
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Lakeview is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Sandhill
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Sandhill is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
        • Aiken
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Cereal
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Cereal is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
        • Providence
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Providence is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
        • Plains Assembly
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Plains Assembly is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Assembly
        • Crume Gin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Crume Gin is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crume Gin
        • Barwise
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Barwise is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barwise
        • Harmony
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Harmony is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
        • McCoy
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • McCoy is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
        • Allmon
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Allmon is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allmon
  • Briscoe County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.briscoe.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Briscoe:   Silverton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar Hill.
      • Whitney
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Whitney is located in Briscoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Quitaque
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Silverton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Rock Creek
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rock Creek is located in Briscoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Crosby County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.crosby.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Crosby:   Crosbyton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar Hill.
      • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
      • Wake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Wake is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
      • Cone
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Farmer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Farmer is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
  • Dickens County
  • Hale County
    • County Website:   https://www.halecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hale:   Plainview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar Hill.
      • Lider
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Lider is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lider
      • Ellen
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Ellen is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
      • Seth Ward
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Seth Ward is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seth Ward
      • Petersburg
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Happy Union
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Happy Union is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Union
      • Plainview
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Finney
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Finney is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney
      • Snyder
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Snyder is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
  • Hall County
  • Motley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.motley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Motley:   Matador
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar Hill.
      • Flomot
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitestar
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Whitestar is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestar
      • Whiteflat
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Whiteflat is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteflat
      • Folley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Folley is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folley
      • MacBain
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • MacBain is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacBain
      • Matador
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Roaring Springs
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Swisher County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cedar Hill) 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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