Nearest Communities to Giles,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Giles, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Giles:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
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.
Giles is located in Donley County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Donley County: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Collingsworth, Gray, Hall & Wheeler.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Giles. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Donley 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 Giles (which is Donley 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 Giles
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Donley County (where Giles resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.donley.tx.us/
- County Seat for Donley: Clarendon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Giles.
- Hedley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McKnight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McKnight is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnight
- Lelia Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Howardwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Howardwick is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Rockledge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockledge is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
- Ashtola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashtola is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtola
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Briscoe County
- County Website: https://www.co.briscoe.tx.us/
- County Seat for Briscoe: Silverton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- Antelope Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antelope Flats is located in Briscoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Flats
- Childress County
- County Website: https://www.childresstx.us/
- County Seat for Childress: Childress
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Giles.
- Loco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Loco is located in Childress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
- Smithdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithdale is located in Childress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
- Arlie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Arlie is located in Childress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlie
- Abington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abington is located in Childress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Carey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Collingsworth County
- County Website: https://www.co.collingsworth.tx.us/
- County Seat for Collingsworth: Wellington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Giles.
- Swearingen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Swearingen is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearingen
- Quail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rolla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rolla is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Marilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marilla is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marilla
- Wellington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Loco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Loco is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Loco
- Dozier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dozier is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Samnorwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fresno
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fresno is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Lutie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lutie is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutie
- Aberdeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Collingsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Gray County
- County Website: https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gray: Pampa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Giles.
- Alanreed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- McLean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hall County
- County Website: https://www.co.hall.tx.us/
- County Seat for Hall: Memphis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Giles.
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eli
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eli is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Plaska
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Plaska is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaska
- Lesley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lesley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesley
- Newlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newlin is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Plains Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plains Junction is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Junction
- Brice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brice is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- South Brice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Brice is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brice
- Hulver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hulver is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulver
- Parnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Parnell is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Estelline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weatherly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weatherly is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherly
- Wheeler County
- County Website: https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Wheeler: Wheeler
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Giles ...
- Ramsdell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ramsdell is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdell
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- Giles) 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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