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Nearest Communities to Iolanthe,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Iolanthe is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Sterling County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sterling County: Coke, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Mitchell, Reagan & Tom Green.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Iolanthe. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Sterling County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Iolanthe (which is Sterling 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 Iolanthe

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

  • Sterling County   (where Iolanthe resides)
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iolanthe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iolanthe.
      • Silver ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Edith
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Edith is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
  • Glasscock County
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.howard.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Big Spring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iolanthe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iolanthe.
      • Otis Chalk ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Otis Chalk is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Chalk
      • Ross City ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Ross City is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross City
      • Forsan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Coahoma
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Sand Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Sand Springs is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
      • Ziler
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ziler is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziler
      • South Haven
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • South Haven is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
      • Big Spring
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Elbow
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Elbow is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow
      • Webb Village
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Webb Village is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Village
  • Mitchell County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mitchell.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Mitchell:   Colorado City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iolanthe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iolanthe.
      • Hyman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Hyman is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyman
      • Pecan Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Pecan Crossing is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Crossing
      • Spade
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Spade is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
      • Lowe
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lowe is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Iatan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Iatan is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
      • Westbrook
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Colorado City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Rodet
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Rodet is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodet
      • Cuthbert ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Cuthbert is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Buford
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Buford is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
      • Loraine
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Iolanthe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Iolanthe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.