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Nearest Communities to Lautz,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Lautz.<1>

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

Lautz is located in Sherman County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sherman County: Cimarron (OK), Texas (OK), Dallam, Hansford & Moore.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lautz. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Sherman 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 Lautz (which is Sherman 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 Lautz

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

  • Sherman County   (where Lautz resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sherman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Sherman:   Stratford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lautz   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lautz.
      • Brickel
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Brickel is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickel
      • Stratford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Stevens
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Stevens is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • Texhoma
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Texhoma is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texhoma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
  • Dallam County
    • County Website:   https://www.dallam.org/
    • County Seat for Dallam:   Dalhart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lautz   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lautz.
      • Conlen
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Conlen is located in Dallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlen
      • Irwin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Irwin is located in Dallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Chamberlin
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Chamberlin is located in Dallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
      • Hitt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Hitt is located in Dallam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt
      • Kerrick
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dalhart
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Hartley County
  • Moore County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.moore.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Moore:   Dumas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lautz   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lautz.
      • Cactus
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Etter
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Etter is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
      • Bryden
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Bryden is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryden
      • Sheerin Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sheerin Junction is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin Junction
      • Machovec
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Machovec is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machovec
      • Sunray
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sheerin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sheerin is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin
      • Dumas
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Capps Switch
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Capps Switch is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Switch
      • Stallwitz Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Stallwitz Lake is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallwitz Lake
      • Middlewell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Middlewell is located in Moore County
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  • Cimarron County
  • Texas 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- Lautz) 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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