Nearest Communities to Farwell,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Farwell, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Farwell:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Farwell is located in Parmer County and is the County Seat.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Parmer County: Curry (NM), Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith & Lamb.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Farwell. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Parmer 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 Farwell (which is Parmer 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 Farwell
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Parmer County (where Farwell resides)
- County Website: https://parmercounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Parmer: Farwell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Farwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
- Wilsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsey is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsey
- Oklahoma Lane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma Lane is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Lane
- Lariat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lariat is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat
- Bovina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clays Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clays Corner is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Parmerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Parmerton is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmerton
- Rhea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rhea is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea
- Hub
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hub is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Lazbuddie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Friona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey County
- County Website: https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
- County Seat for Bailey: Muleshoe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Farwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
- Progress
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Muleshoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stegall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stegall is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
- Baileyboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
- Needmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lamb County
- County Website: https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lamb: Littlefield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Farwell ...
- Pleasant Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Curry County
- County Website: https://www.currycountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Farwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
- Texico
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clovis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gallaher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gallaher is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallaher
- Portair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Portair is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portair
- Claud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claud is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Ranchvale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ranchvale is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchvale
- Grier ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grier is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier
- Saint Vrain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hollene ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hollene is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollene
- Bellview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bellview is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Roosevelt County
- County Website: https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Portales (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Farwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
- Cameo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cameo is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Arch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arch is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
- Eiland ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eiland is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eiland
- Portales
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yerba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yerba is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerba
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Tinsley Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tinsley Crossing is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Crossing
- Inez ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Inez is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Rogers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
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- Farwell) 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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