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Nearest Communities to Lakeview,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Lakeview is located in Swisher County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Swisher County: Armstrong, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale & Randall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lakeview. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Swisher 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 Lakeview (which is Swisher 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 Lakeview

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

  • Swisher County   (where Lakeview resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.swisher.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Swisher:   Tulia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lakeview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lakeview.
      • Tulia
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Tulia is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,606 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulia <3>
      • Kaffir
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Kaffir is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaffir
      • Eunice
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Eunice is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
      • Center Plains
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Center Plains is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Plains
      • Kress
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Happy
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Claytonville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Claytonville is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
      • Vigo Park
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Armstrong County
  • Briscoe County
  • Castro County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lakeview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lakeview.
      • Nazareth
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hart
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • 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>
      • Hilburn
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Hilburn is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
      • Arney
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Arney is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
      • Mulkey
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
      • Roy
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Roy is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Dimmitt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jumbo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Jumbo is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
      • Sunnyside
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunnyside is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Easter
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Easter is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
      • Flagg
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Flagg is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
      • Frio
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Frio is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio
  • Deaf Smith County
  • Floyd County
  • Hale County
    • County Website:   https://www.halecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hale:   Plainview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lakeview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lakeview.
      • Edmonson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wright
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Wright is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Boone
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Boone is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Finney
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Finney is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney
      • Halfway
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Halfway is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Wasson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Wasson is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
      • Plainview
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Seth Ward
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Seth Ward is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seth Ward
      • Furguson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Furguson is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furguson
      • Mayfield
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Mayfield is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
      • Lider
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lider is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lider
      • Hale City ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Hale City is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale City
      • Six Point
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Six Point is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
  • Lamb County
  • Randall County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lakeview) 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.