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Nearest Communities to Cotton Center,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Cotton Center.<1>

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

Cotton Center is located in Hale County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hale County: Castro, Crosby, Floyd, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock & Swisher.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 67 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cotton Center. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Hale 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 Cotton Center (which is Hale 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 Cotton Center

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

  • Hale County   (where Cotton Center resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.halecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hale:   Plainview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cotton Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cotton Center.
      • Underwood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Underwood is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
      • Mayfield
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Mayfield is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
      • Hale Center
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hale City ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hale City is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale City
      • Halfway
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Halfway is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Six Point
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Six Point is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
      • Abernathy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Furguson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Furguson is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furguson
      • Happy Union
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Happy Union is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Union
      • Snyder
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Snyder is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
      • Edmonson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Boone
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Boone is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
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        • Plainview
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Wasson
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wasson is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
        • Wright
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wright is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
        • Ellen
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Ellen is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
        • Seth Ward
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Petersburg
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Lider
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Lider is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lider
        • Finney
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Finney is located in Hale County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney
  • Castro County
  • Crosby County
  • Floyd County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.floyd.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Floyd:   Floydada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cotton Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cotton Center.
      • Barwise
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Barwise is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barwise
      • Harmony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Harmony is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Aiken
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Allmon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Allmon is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allmon
      • Sandhill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Sandhill is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
      • Cereal
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cereal is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
  • Hockley County
  • Lamb County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cotton Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cotton Center.
      • Corry
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Corry is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
      • Hart Camp ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
      • Spade
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fieldton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Olton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bainer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bainer is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainer
      • Circle
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Circle is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
      • Cofferville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Cofferville is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
      • Littlefield
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lums Chapel
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lums Chapel is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lums Chapel
      • Springlake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Amherst
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Earth
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sudan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lubbock County
    • County Website:   https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Lubbock:   Lubbock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cotton Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cotton Center.
      • Caldwell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Caldwell is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
      • Shallowater
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • New Deal
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • New Deal is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
      • Broadview
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Broadview is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
      • Becton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Heckville ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
      • Liberty
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Liberty is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Reese Village
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
      • Kitalou
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Carlisle
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Hurlwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
      • West Carlisle
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • West Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Swisher 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cotton Center) 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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