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Nearest Communities to Happy,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Happy.<1>

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

Happy is primarily located in Swisher County. A portion of Happy extends into Randall County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Swisher County: Armstrong, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale & Randall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Happy. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Swisher 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 Happy (which is Swisher 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 Happy

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

  • Swisher County   (where Happy resides)
    • County Seat for Swisher:   Tulia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Happy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Happy.
      • Kaffir
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaffir have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaffir
        • Kaffir is located in Swisher County
      • Lakeview
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Lakeview is located in Swisher County
      • Tulia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Eunice
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eunice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
        • Eunice is located in Swisher County
      • Vigo Park
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Center Plains
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Plains
        • Center Plains is located in Swisher County
      • Kress
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Claytonville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Armstrong County
    • County Seat for Armstrong:   Claude
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Happy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Happy.
      • Wayside
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
        • Wayside is located in Armstrong County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayside <4>
      • Fairview
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Fairview is located in Armstrong County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Fairview
        • From Happy to Fairview
  • Briscoe County
  • Castro County
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Happy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Happy.
      • Arney
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
        • Arney is located in Castro County
      • Nazareth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jumbo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jumbo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
        • Jumbo is located in Castro County
      • Roy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
        • Roy is located in Castro County
      • Hart
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
        • Hart is located in Castro County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <4>
      • Mulkey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulkey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
      • Dimmitt
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hilburn
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
        • Hilburn is located in Castro County
  • Deaf Smith County
    • County Seat for Deaf Smith:   Hereford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Happy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Happy.
      • Dawn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
        • Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <4>
      • Joel
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
        • Joel is located in Deaf Smith County
  • Randall County
    • County Website:   www.randallcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Randall:   Canyon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Happy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Happy.
      • Ogg
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogg
        • Ogg is located in Randall County
      • Cleta
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleta
        • Cleta is located in Randall County
      • Canyon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Umbarger
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Timbercreek Canyon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercreek Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
        • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Lake Tanglewood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
        • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
      • Palisades
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisades have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
        • Palisades is located in Randall County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
      • Zita
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zita have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zita
        • Zita is located in Randall 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- Happy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Happy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7437, Longitude: -101.8552    
<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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