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Nearest Communities to Lanham,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Lanham is located in Hamilton County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hamilton County: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Lampasas & Mills.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lanham. Of these communities, 57 are located in counties other than Hamilton 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 Lanham (which is Hamilton 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 Lanham

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

  • Hamilton County   (where Lanham resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.hamiltoncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Hamilton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lanham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lanham.
      • Agee ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairy
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Fairy is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairy
      • Whiteway
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Aleman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Aleman is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aleman
      • Hamilton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Olin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Olin is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
      • Spurlin ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
      • Sunshine
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Sunshine is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Springtown
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Springtown is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
      • Parsley Crossing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Parsley Crossing is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsley Crossing
      • Midway
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Midway is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Hico
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Ballard Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Ballard Crossing is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Crossing
        • Ohio ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
        • Schoolerville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Schoolerville is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolerville
        • Gentrys Mill
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Gentrys Mill is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
        • Carlton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Shive
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Shive is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
        • Vista
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Vista is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Pottsville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Springdale
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Springdale is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
        • Fairview
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Fairview is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • McGirk ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pecan Wells
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Pecan Wells is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Wells
        • Indian Gap
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gap
  • Bosque County
  • Comanche County
  • Coryell County
  • Erath County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.erath.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Erath:   Stephenville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lanham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lanham.
      • Clairette
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Duffau
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Alexander
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Purves
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Purves is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purves
      • Edna Hill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Edna Hill is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Hill
      • Chalk Mountain
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Johnsville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Johnsville is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
      • Selden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Selden is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
      • Three Way
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Three Way is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
      • Shiloh
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Shiloh is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Cottonwood
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cottonwood is located in Erath County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Lampasas County
  • Mills County
  • Somervell 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 from Point A (ie- Lanham) 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.
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