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Nearest Communities to Elton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 from Elton.<1>

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

Elton is located in Dickens County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickens County: Cottle, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Kent, King, Motley & Stonewall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elton. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Dickens 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 Elton (which is Dickens 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 Elton

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

  • Dickens County   (where Elton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.dickens.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Dickens:   Dickens
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elton.
      • Afton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Croton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Croton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
      • Glenn
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Glenn is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
      • Dickens
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • East Afton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • East Afton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Afton
      • McAdoo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
      • Spur
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Spur is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spur <3>
      • Steele Hill
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Steele Hill is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Hill
      • Gilpin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Gilpin is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
      • Red Mud
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Red Mud is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mud
  • Cottle County
  • Crosby County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.crosby.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Crosby:   Crosbyton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elton.
      • Broadway
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Broadway is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
      • Wake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Wake is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
      • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
      • Crosbyton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Kalgary
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Kalgary is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalgary
  • Floyd County
  • Kent County
  • King County
  • Motley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.motley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Motley:   Matador
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elton.
      • Roaring Springs
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • MacBain
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • MacBain is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacBain
      • Russellville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Russellville is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
      • Matador
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Whiteflat
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Whiteflat is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteflat

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elton) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.