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Nearest Communities to Channing,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Channing.<1>

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


Channing is located in Hartley County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hartley County: Quay (NM), Union (NM), Dallam, Moore & Oldham.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Channing. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Hartley 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 Channing (which is Hartley 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 Channing

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

  • Hartley County   (where Channing resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hartley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hartley:   Channing
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Channing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Channing.
      • Hartley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Wilco
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Wilco is located in Hartley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilco
      • Exum
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Exum is located in Hartley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
      • King
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • King is located in Hartley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • Rehm
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Rehm is located in Hartley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehm
      • Middle Water
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Middle Water is located in Hartley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Water
  • Dallam County
  • Moore County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.moore.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Moore:   Dumas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Channing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Channing.
      • Middlewell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Middlewell is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlewell
      • Bautista
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Bautista is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bautista
      • Stallwitz Lake
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Stallwitz Lake is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallwitz Lake
      • Exell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Exell is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exell
      • Four Way
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Four Way is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Way
      • Masterson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Dumas
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Machovec
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Machovec is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machovec
      • Cactus
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Etter
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Etter is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
  • Oldham County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.oldham.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Oldham:   Vega
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Channing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Channing.
      • Murdo
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Murdo is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdo
      • Hollicott Crossing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Hollicott Crossing is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollicott Crossing
      • Boys' Ranch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tascosa ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
      • Old Farm Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Old Farm Crossing is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Crossing
      • Strip Crossing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Strip Crossing is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strip Crossing
      • Partwood Crossing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Partwood Crossing is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partwood Crossing
      • Corner Windmill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Corner Windmill is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
      • Vega
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Wimberly Place
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Wimberly Place is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimberly Place
  • Potter County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.potter.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Potter:   Amarillo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Channing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Channing.
      • Ady
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Ady is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ady
      • Boden
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Boden is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
      • Marsh
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Marsh is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
      • Puente
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Puente is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puente

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- Channing) 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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