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Nearest Communities to Fort Davis,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Fort Davis.<1>

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

Fort Davis is located in Jeff Davis County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jeff Davis County: Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Pecos & Presidio.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 16 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort Davis. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Jeff Davis 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 Fort Davis (which is Jeff Davis 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 Fort Davis

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

  • Jeff Davis County   (where Fort Davis resides)
    • County Seat for Jeff Davis:   Fort Davis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Davis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Davis.
      • Saltlick Mill
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltlick Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltlick Mill
        • Saltlick Mill is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Corner Windmill
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
        • Corner Windmill is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Old Place Windmill
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Place Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Place Windmill
        • Old Place Windmill is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Brewster County
    • County Seat for Brewster:   Alpine
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Davis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Davis.
      • Titley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Titley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titley
        • Titley is located in Brewster County
      • Toronto
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toronto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
        • Toronto is located in Brewster County
      • Alpine
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Presidio County
    • County Seat for Presidio:   Marfa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Davis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Davis.
      • Marfa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Nopal
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nopal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nopal
        • Nopal is located in Presidio County
      • Ryan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ryan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
        • Ryan is located in Presidio County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Ryan
        • From Fort Davis to Ryan
      • Tinaja
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinaja have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
        • Tinaja is located in Presidio County
      • Quebec
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quebec have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
        • Quebec is located in Presidio County
  • Reeves County
    • County Seat for Reeves:   Pecos
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Davis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Davis.
      • Toyahvale
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Cuatro Caminos
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuatro Caminos have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuatro Caminos
        • Cuatro Caminos is located in Reeves County
      • Pueblo Vitoria
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo Vitoria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo Vitoria
        • Pueblo Vitoria is located in Reeves County
      • Balmorhea
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balmorhea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmorhea
        • Balmorhea is located in Reeves County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Balmorhea <4>
  • San Patricio County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Davis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Davis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5890, Longitude: -103.8956    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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