Nearest Communities to Key,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Key, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Key:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Key.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Key is located in Dawson County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dawson County: Andrews, Borden, Gaines, Howard, Lynn, Martin & Terry.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Key. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Dawson 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 Key (which is Dawson 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 Key
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Dawson County (where Key resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.dawson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Dawson: Lamesa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Key.
- Midway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Los Ybanez
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Los Ybanez is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ybanez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Hancock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Arvana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arvana is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvana
- Fivemile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Lamesa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lamesa is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamesa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,131 people
- Lamesa has also been known as:
- La Mesa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamesa <3>
- Sparenberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sparenberg is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparenberg
- Hindman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hindman is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindman
- Tenmile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Ackerly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Klondike
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Klondike is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
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- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- O'Donnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Punkin Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Punkin Center is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Grandview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Patricia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patricia is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricia
- Mungerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mungerville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungerville
- Pride
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pride is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Sand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sand is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand
- Welch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Borden County
- County Website: https://www.co.borden.tx.us/
- County Seat for Borden: Gail
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Key.
- Mesquite ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mesquite is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
- Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plains is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Gail
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gaines County
- County Website: https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gaines: Seminole
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Key.
- White City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ashmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmore is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
- Howard County
- County Website: https://www.co.howard.tx.us/
- County Seat for Howard: Big Spring
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Key.
- Vealmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luther is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lynn County
- County Website: https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lynn: Tahoka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Key.
- Draw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Draw is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
- Wells
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wells is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Skeen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Skeen is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen
- New Moore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Moore is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moore
- Grassland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grassland is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Tahoka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- County Website: http://www.co.martin.tx.us/
- County Seat for Martin: Stanton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Key.
- Flower Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Flower Grove is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Grove
- Three Leagues
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Three Leagues is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Leagues
- Brown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brown is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Merrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Merrick is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick
- Lenorah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Tarzan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Terry County
- County Website: https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
- County Seat for Terry: Brownfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Key ...
- Adair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adair is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Key) 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. |