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Nearest Communities to Jumbo,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Jumbo.<1>

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

Jumbo is located in Castro County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Castro County: Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall & Swisher.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Jumbo. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Castro 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 Jumbo (which is Castro 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 Jumbo

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

  • Castro County   (where Jumbo resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jumbo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jumbo.
      • Easter
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Easter is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
      • Frio
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Frio is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio
      • Arney
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Arney is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
      • Dimmitt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Summerfield
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Nazareth
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mulkey
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
      • Roy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Roy is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Tam Anne
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Tam Anne is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tam Anne
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Flagg
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Flagg is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
        • Hart
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Hart is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <3>
        • Sunnyside
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Sunnyside is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
        • Big Square
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Big Square is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
        • Hilburn
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Hilburn is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
        • Dodd
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Dodd is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
  • Deaf Smith County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.deaf-smith.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Deaf Smith:   Hereford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jumbo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jumbo.
      • Joel
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Joel is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
      • Hereford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dawn
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Westway
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Westway is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
      • Milo Center
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Milo Center is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Center
      • La Plata ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
      • Ford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Ford is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Parmer County
    • County Website:   https://parmercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Parmer:   Farwell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jumbo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jumbo.
      • Black
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Black is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
      • Friona
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hub
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Hub is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
      • Lazbuddie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Parmerton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Parmerton is located in Parmer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmerton
  • Randall County
  • Swisher County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jumbo) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.