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Nearest Communities to Dial,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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.<1>

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


Dial is located in Hutchinson County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hutchinson County: Carson, Gray, Hansford, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter, Roberts & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dial. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Hutchinson 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 Dial (which is Hutchinson 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 Dial

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

  • Hutchinson County   (where Dial resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hutchinson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Stinnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dial   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dial.
      • Stekoll Camp
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Stekoll Camp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stekoll Camp
      • Stinnett
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Plemons ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Plemons is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plemons
      • Electric City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
      • Phillips
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Phillips is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Oil City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Borger
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <3>
      • Bunavista
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Bunavista is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunavista
      • Philrich
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Philrich is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philrich
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Sanford
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Pringle
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
        • Texroy
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Texroy is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texroy
        • Fritch
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>
        • Morse Junction
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Morse Junction is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Junction
        • Holt
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Holt is located in Hutchinson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Carson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.carson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Carson:   Panhandle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dial   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dial.
      • Hillard
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Hillard is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillard
      • Deal
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Deal is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
      • Skellytown
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • McBride
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • McBride is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
      • Wilhelm
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilhelm is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm
      • Cargray
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Cargray is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cargray
      • Pomeroy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Pomeroy is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
      • Abell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Abell is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
      • Cuyler
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Cuyler is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyler
      • White Deer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Masterson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Masterson is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
      • Panhandle
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Pampa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dial   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dial.
      • Kingsmill Camp
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
      • Kingsmill ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Kingsmill is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
      • Mesilla Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Mesilla Park is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesilla Park
      • Pampa
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hansford County
  • Moore County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.moore.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Moore:   Dumas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dial   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dial.
      • Capps Switch
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Capps Switch is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Switch
      • Sunray
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sheerin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sheerin is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin
  • Roberts 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 from Point A (ie- Dial) 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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