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Nearest Communities to Herndon,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 starting from Herndon.<1>

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

Herndon is located in Nolan County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nolan County: Coke, Fisher, Jones, Mitchell, Runnels, Scurry & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Herndon. Of these communities, 54 are located in counties other than Nolan 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 Herndon (which is Nolan 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 Herndon

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

  • Nolan County   (where Herndon resides)
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Herndon.
      • Tesco
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tesco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesco
        • Tesco is located in Nolan County
      • Grimes
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grimes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
        • Grimes is located in Nolan County
      • Toland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toland
        • Toland is located in Nolan County
      • Orient
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
        • Orient is located in Nolan County
      • Sweetwater
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
        • Sweetwater is located in Nolan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,535 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweetwater <4>
      • Nolan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nolan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
        • Nolan is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nolan <4>
      • Shaufler
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaufler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaufler
        • Shaufler is located in Nolan County
      • Avenger Village
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avenger Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
        • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
      • Roscoe
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Maryneal
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryneal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryneal
        • Maryneal is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryneal <4>
      • Hylton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hylton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
        • Hylton is located in Nolan County
      • Brownlee
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
        • Brownlee is located in Nolan County
      • Champion
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
        • Champion is located in Nolan County
      • Wastella ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wastella have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wastella
        • Wastella is located in Nolan County
  • Coke County
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • Blackwell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
        • Blackwell is located in Coke County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackwell <4>
  • Fisher County
    • County Seat for Fisher:   Roby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Herndon.
      • Eskota
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eskota have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
        • Eskota is located in Fisher County
      • Palava
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palava have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palava
        • Palava is located in Fisher County
      • Longworth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longworth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
        • Longworth is located in Fisher County
      • Busby
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Busby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
        • Busby is located in Fisher County
      • Sylvester
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester
        • Sylvester is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvester <4>
      • Gannon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gannon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gannon
        • Gannon is located in Fisher County
      • Capitola
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
        • Capitola is located in Fisher County
      • Pledger
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pledger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
        • Pledger is located in Fisher County
      • McCaulley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCaulley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley
        • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
      • Claytonville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claytonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
        • Claytonville is located in Fisher County
      • Roby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
        • Roby is located in Fisher County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roby <4>
      • Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
        • Center is located in Fisher County
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Bernecker
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernecker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernecker
          • Bernecker is located in Fisher County
        • Royston
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
          • Royston is located in Fisher County
        • Fisher
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
          • Fisher is located in Fisher County
        • Reynolds
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
          • Reynolds is located in Fisher County
        • North Roby
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Roby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Roby
          • North Roby is located in Fisher County
        • Sardis
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
          • Sardis is located in Fisher County
        • Cross Roads
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
          • Cross Roads is located in Fisher County
        • Hamlin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
          • Hamlin is located in Fisher County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,997 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlin <4>
        • Hitson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitson
          • Hitson is located in Fisher County
        • Rotan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hobbs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hobbs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
          • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
  • Jones County
    • County Seat for Jones:   Anson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Herndon.
      • Noodle
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noodle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
        • Noodle is located in Jones County
      • Stith
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stith
        • Stith is located in Jones County
      • Truby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truby
        • Truby is located in Jones County
      • Hodges
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hodges have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
        • Hodges is located in Jones County
      • Neinda
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neinda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neinda
        • Neinda is located in Jones County
      • Hawley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
        • Hawley is located in Jones County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <4>
      • North Abilene
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Abilene have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
        • North Abilene is located in Jones County
      • Anson
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
        • Anson is located in Jones County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anson <4>
      • Radium
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
        • Radium is located in Jones County
      • Funston
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
        • Funston is located in Jones County
      • Plainview
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
        • Plainview is located in Jones County
  • Mitchell County
  • Runnels County
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Herndon.
      • Wingate
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Drasco
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drasco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
        • Drasco is located in Runnels County
  • Scurry County
    • County Seat for Scurry:   Snyder
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • Inadale
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inadale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inadale
        • Inadale is located in Scurry County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   www.taylorcountytexas.org/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Herndon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Herndon.
      • Trent
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Blair
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
        • Blair is located in Taylor County
      • Merkel
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
        • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
      • Cozart
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
        • Cozart is located in Taylor County
      • Tye
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
        • Tye is located in Taylor County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <4>
      • View
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
        • View is located in Taylor County
      • Caps
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caps have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
        • Caps is located in Taylor County
      • Shep
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shep have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shep
        • Shep is located in Taylor County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Happy Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
          • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
        • Wylie
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wylie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
          • Wylie is located in Taylor County
        • Buffalo Gap
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
          • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
        • Impact
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Impact have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
          • Impact is located in Taylor County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
        • Abilene
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Tuscola
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuscola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
          • Tuscola is located in Taylor County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuscola <4>

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 from Point A (ie- Herndon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Herndon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4821, Longitude: -100.2137       In this case, the coordinates for Herndon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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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