Nearest Communities to Lajitas,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Lajitas, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Lajitas:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 from Lajitas.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Lajitas is located in Brewster County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brewster County: Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio & Terrell.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lajitas. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Brewster 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 Lajitas (which is Brewster 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 Lajitas
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Brewster County (where Lajitas resides)
- County Seat for Brewster: Alpine
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Brewster County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Brewster County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Brewster County
- Nearest Communities to Lajitas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lajitas.
- Lajitas Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lajitas Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lajitas Crossing
- Lajitas Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Terlingua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terlingua
- Terlingua is located in Brewster County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terlingua <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Terlingua
- From Lajitas to Terlingua
- Terlingua Abaja
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terlingua Abaja have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terlingua Abaja
- Terlingua Abaja is located in Brewster County
- Study Butte - Terlingua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Study Butte - Terlingua
- Study Butte - Terlingua is located in Brewster County
- Tres Papalotes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tres Papalotes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Papalotes
- Tres Papalotes is located in Brewster County
- Lunas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Study Butte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Study Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Study Butte
- Study Butte is located in Brewster County
- Castolon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castolon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castolon
- Castolon is located in Brewster County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Castolon
- From Lajitas to Castolon
- Santa Elena Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Elena Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Elena Crossing
- Santa Elena Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Buenos Aires
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buenos Aires have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos Aires
- Buenos Aires is located in Brewster County
- Sierra Chino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sierra Chino have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Chino
- Sierra Chino is located in Brewster County
- Onion Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onion Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Spring
- Onion Spring is located in Brewster County
- Presidio County
- County Seat for Presidio: Marfa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Presidio County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Presidio County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Presidio County
- Nearest Communities to Lajitas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lajitas.
- Papalote Llano
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Llano have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Llano
- Papalote Llano is located in Presidio County
- Papalote Seco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Seco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Seco
- Papalote Seco is located in Presidio County
- Papalote Escondido
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Escondido have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Escondido
- Papalote Escondido is located in Presidio County
- Papalote Colorado
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Colorado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Colorado
- Papalote Colorado is located in Presidio County
- Polvo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Redford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
- Redford is located in Presidio County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redford <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Redford
- From Lajitas to Redford
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lajitas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lajitas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2618, Longitude: -103.7764 |
| <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. |