Nearest Communities to Earth,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Earth, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Earth:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Earth.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Earth is located in Lamb County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lamb County: Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, Parmer & Swisher.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Earth. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Lamb 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 Earth (which is Lamb 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 Earth
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lamb County (where Earth resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lamb: Littlefield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Earth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Earth.
- Springlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Circle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Circle is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
- Sudan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Olton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cofferville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cofferville is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
- Fieldton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Beck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beck is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck
- Hart Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
- Littlefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
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- Corry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corry is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Spade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spade is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
- Bainer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bainer is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainer
- Lums Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lums Chapel is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lums Chapel
- Bailey County
- County Website: https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
- County Seat for Bailey: Muleshoe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Earth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Earth.
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Muleshoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Circleback
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Circleback is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
- Needmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Progress
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Bula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
- Castro County
- County Website: https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
- County Seat for Castro: Dimmitt
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Earth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Earth.
- Dodd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dodd is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Big Square
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Big Square is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
- Flagg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Flagg is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
- Hart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mulkey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mulkey is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
- Roy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roy is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Hilburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hilburn is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
- Tam Anne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tam Anne is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tam Anne
- Dimmitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nazareth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Easter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Easter is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
- Hale County
- County Website: https://www.halecounty.org/
- County Seat for Hale: Plainview
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Earth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Earth.
- Mayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mayfield is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Halfway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Edmonson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cotton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Center is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
- Hockley County
- County Website: https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
- County Seat for Hockley: Levelland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Earth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Earth.
- Oklahoma Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
- Pep
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Parmer County
- County Website: https://parmercounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Parmer: Farwell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Earth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Earth.
- Lazbuddie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Corner is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Hub
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hub is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Lariat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lariat is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat
- Oklahoma Lane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma Lane is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Lane
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Earth) 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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