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Nearest Communities to Girard,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.<1>

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

Girard is located in Kent County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kent County: Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Garza, King, Scurry & Stonewall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Girard. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Kent 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 Girard (which is Kent 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 Girard

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

  • Kent County   (where Girard resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.kent.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Kent:   Jayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girard.
      • Jayton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Clairemont
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Clairemont is located in Kent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairemont
      • Harmony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Harmony is located in Kent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Polar
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Polar is located in Kent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
  • Crosby County
  • Dickens County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.dickens.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Dickens:   Dickens
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girard.
      • Gilpin
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Gilpin is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
      • Steele Hill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Steele Hill is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Hill
      • Spur
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • 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>
      • Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
      • Red Mud
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Red Mud is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mud
      • Dickens
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Croton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Croton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
      • Elton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Elton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • East Afton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • East Afton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Afton
      • Afton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Glenn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Glenn is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • King County
  • Scurry County
  • Stonewall County
    • County Website:   https://www.stonewallcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Stonewall:   Aspermont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girard.
      • Oriana ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Oriana is located in Stonewall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriana
      • Peacock
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Peacock is located in Stonewall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
      • Double Mountain
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain
      • Swenson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Swenson is located in Stonewall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swenson
      • Geneview
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Geneview is located in Stonewall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneview
      • Dorras
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dorras is located in Stonewall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorras
      • Aspermont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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- Girard) 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.