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Nearest Communities to Girlstown USA,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Girlstown USA.<1>

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

Girlstown USA is located in Cochran County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cochran County: Lea (NM), Roosevelt (NM), Bailey, Hockley & Yoakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Girlstown USA. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Cochran 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 Girlstown USA (which is Cochran 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 Girlstown USA

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

  • Cochran County   (where Girlstown USA resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cochran.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Cochran:   Morton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girlstown USA   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girlstown USA.
      • Whiteface
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lehman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lehman is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman
      • Morton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Famuliner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Famuliner is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famuliner
      • Star Route
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Star Route is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
      • Neely Ward
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Neely Ward is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neely Ward
      • Bledsoe
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Griffith
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Griffith is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
  • Bailey County
  • Hockley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hockley:   Levelland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girlstown USA   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girlstown USA.
      • Sundown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Coble
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Coble is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble
      • Clauene
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Clauene is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clauene
      • Pettit
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Pettit is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
      • Levelland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Arnett
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Arnett is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
      • Lockettville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
      • Opdyke West
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Opdyke
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Opdyke is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke
      • Pep
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Whitharral
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Oklahoma Flat
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
      • Smyer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ropesville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Lamb County
  • Terry County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Terry:   Brownfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girlstown USA   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girlstown USA.
      • Johnson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Johnson is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Needmore
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Needmore is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Tokio ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Gomez
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Gomez is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
      • Meadow
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownfield
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lahey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lahey is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahey
  • Yoakum County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.yoakum.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Yoakum:   Plains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Girlstown USA   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Girlstown USA.
      • Plains
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Sligo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Sligo is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
      • Bronco
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Bronco is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
  • Lea County

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- Girlstown USA) 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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