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Nearest Communities to Cottonwood,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Cottonwood is located in Callahan County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Callahan County: Brown, Coleman, Eastland, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cottonwood. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Callahan 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 Cottonwood (which is Callahan 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 Cottonwood

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

  • Callahan County   (where Cottonwood resides)
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Brownwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cottonwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
      • Cross Cut
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Williams
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Williams is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Grosvenor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Grosvenor is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosvenor
      • Byrds
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Byrds is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds
      • May
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Blackwell Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Blackwell Crossing is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Crossing
      • Holder
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Holder is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
      • Fry ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lake Shore
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Lake Shore is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
      • Shamrock Shores
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Shores
      • Thrifty
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Thrifty is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
      • Lake Brownwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
      • Owens
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Owens is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
  • Coleman County
  • Comanche County
  • Eastland County
    • County Website:   https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
    • County Seat for Eastland:   Eastland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cottonwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
      • Sabanno
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Sabanno is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
      • Scranton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Scranton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
      • Pioneer
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneer is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Nimrod ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mitchell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Mitchell is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Branton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Branton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton
      • Mountain Top
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Mountain Top is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
      • Romney
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Romney is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
      • Union Center
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Union Center is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Pleasant Hill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Rising Star
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cisco
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Chuckville
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Chuckville is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckville
        • Okra
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Mangum ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Mangum is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
        • Carbon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Punkin Center
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Punkin Center is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
        • Dothan
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Dothan is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
        • Eastland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kokomo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Morton Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Morton Valley is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Valley
        • Staff
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Staff is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staff
        • Olden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shackelford County
  • Stephens County
  • Taylor 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- Cottonwood) 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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