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Nearest Communities to Cereal,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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.


Cereal 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 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cereal. Of these communities, 33 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 Cereal (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 Cereal

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

  • Floyd County   (where Cereal resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.floyd.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Floyd:   Floydada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cereal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cereal.
      • Providence
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Providence is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Crume Gin
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Crume Gin is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crume Gin
      • Aiken
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sterley ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Sterley is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterley
      • Lone Star
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Lone Star is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Lockney
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Muncy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Muncy is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
      • South Plains
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Barwise
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Barwise is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barwise
      • Sandhill
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Sandhill is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
      • Della Plain ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Della Plain is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Della Plain
      • Johnfarris
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Johnfarris is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnfarris
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Cedar Hill
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
        • Harmony
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Harmony is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
        • Floydada
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Allmon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Allmon is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allmon
        • McCoy
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • McCoy is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
        • Boothe
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Boothe is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothe
        • Plains Assembly
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Plains Assembly is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Assembly
        • Gray Mule ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
        • Fairmont
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Fairmont is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
        • Lakeview
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Lakeview is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Dougherty
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Briscoe County
  • Crosby County
  • Hale County
    • County Website:   https://www.halecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hale:   Plainview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cereal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cereal.
      • Lider
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Lider is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lider
      • Seth Ward
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Seth Ward is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seth Ward
      • Plainview
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Finney
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Finney is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney
      • Ellen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Ellen is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
      • Snyder
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Snyder is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
      • Furguson
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Furguson is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furguson
      • Wasson
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Wasson is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
      • Happy Union
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Happy Union is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Union
      • Boone
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Boone is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Six Point
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Six Point is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
      • Wright
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Wright is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Hale Center
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hale City ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Hale City is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale City
        • Edmonson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Petersburg
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Underwood
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Underwood is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
        • Halfway
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Halfway is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
        • Mayfield
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Mayfield is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
        • Cotton Center
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Cotton Center is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
  • Lubbock County
  • Motley County
  • Swisher County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.swisher.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Swisher:   Tulia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cereal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cereal.
      • Claytonville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Claytonville is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
      • Kress
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Center Plains
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Center Plains is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Plains
      • Eunice
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Eunice is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
      • Tulia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Tulia is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,606 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulia <3>

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- Cereal) 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.