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Nearest Communities to Dawn,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deaf Smith County: Curry (NM), Quay (NM), Castro, Oldham, Parmer & Randall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dawn. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Deaf Smith 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 Dawn (which is Deaf Smith 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 Dawn

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

  • Deaf Smith County   (where Dawn resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.deaf-smith.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Deaf Smith:   Hereford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dawn.
      • Joel
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Joel is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
      • Milo Center
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Milo Center is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Center
      • Hereford
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Ford
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Ford is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
      • Westway
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Westway is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
      • La Plata ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
      • Simms
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Simms is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
  • Castro County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dawn.
      • Jumbo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Jumbo is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
      • Arney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Arney is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
      • Frio
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Frio is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio
      • Easter
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Easter is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
      • Summerfield
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Dimmitt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Nazareth
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Mulkey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
      • Roy
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Roy is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
  • Oldham County
  • Parmer County
  • Potter County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.potter.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Potter:   Amarillo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dawn.
      • Bushland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Soncy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bishop Hills
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Cliffside
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cliffside is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
      • Amarillo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentry
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Gentry is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
      • Dumas Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dumas Junction is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas Junction
  • Randall County
    • County Website:   https://www.randallcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Randall:   Canyon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dawn.
      • Umbarger
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cleta
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Cleta is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleta
      • Canyon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Ogg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Ogg is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogg
      • Timbercreek Canyon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Palisades
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Palisades is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
      • Zita
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Zita is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zita
      • Lake Tanglewood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
  • Swisher 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- Dawn) 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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