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Nearest Communities to Goldsmith,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 Goldsmith.<1>

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

Goldsmith is located in Ector County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ector County: Andrews, Crane, Midland, Upton, Ward & Winkler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Goldsmith. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Ector 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 Goldsmith (which is Ector 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 Goldsmith

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

  • Ector County   (where Goldsmith resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ector.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Ector:   Odessa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goldsmith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goldsmith.
      • Turnbaugh Corner
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Turnbaugh Corner is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbaugh Corner
      • North Cowden
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • North Cowden is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cowden
      • Notrees
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Scharbauer City
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
      • West Odessa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • West Odessa is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Odessa
      • Gardendale
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Arcade
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Arcade is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
      • Douro
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Douro is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douro
      • Penwell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Badger ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Badger is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
      • Odessa
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Judkins
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Judkins is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
      • Metz
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Metz is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
      • Pleasant Farms
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Farms is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farms
  • Andrews County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.andrews.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Andrews:   Andrews
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goldsmith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goldsmith.
      • Coyote Corner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Coyote Corner is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Corner
      • Old Place Windmills
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Old Place Windmills is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Place Windmills
      • Andrews
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Waldon Place Windmill
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Frankel City ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Frankel City is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
      • Shafter Lake ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Shafter Lake is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Lake
  • Midland County
  • Winkler County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.winkler.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Winkler:   Kermit
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goldsmith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goldsmith.
      • Cowden Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cowden Place is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Place
      • Cheyenne
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
      • Kermit
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Magwalt
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Magwalt is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magwalt
      • Vesrue
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Vesrue is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesrue

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goldsmith) 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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