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Nearest Communities to Clays Corner,
Listed County-By-County

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

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


Clays Corner is located in Parmer County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Parmer County: Curry (NM), Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith & Lamb.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clays Corner. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Parmer 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 Clays Corner (which is Parmer 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 Clays Corner

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

  • Parmer County   (where Clays Corner resides)
    • County Website:   https://parmercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Parmer:   Farwell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clays Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clays Corner.
      • Lazbuddie
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hub
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Hub is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
      • Oklahoma Lane
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Oklahoma Lane is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Lane
      • Lariat
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Lariat is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat
      • Bovina
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Parmerton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Parmerton is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmerton
      • Wilsey
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Wilsey is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsey
      • Friona
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Farwell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Black
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Black is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
      • Rhea
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Rhea is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea
  • Bailey County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Bailey:   Muleshoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clays Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clays Corner.
      • Progress
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Progress is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
      • Muleshoe
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Fairview
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Fairview is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Circleback
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Circleback is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
      • Needmore
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Needmore is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Baileyboro
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
      • Stegall
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Stegall is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
  • Castro County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clays Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clays Corner.
      • Dodd
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Dodd is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
      • Big Square
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Big Square is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
      • Tam Anne
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Tam Anne is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tam Anne
      • Flagg
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Flagg is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
      • Sunnyside
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Sunnyside is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Dimmitt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Easter
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Easter is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
      • Summerfield
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Frio
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Frio is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio
      • Mulkey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
      • Roy
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Roy is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
  • Lamb County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clays Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clays Corner.
      • Pleasant Valley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Earth
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sudan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Springlake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendship
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Friendship is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Circle
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Circle is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
  • Curry County
  • Roosevelt County

Footnotes ...

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