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Nearest Communities to Lawn,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.

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

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

Lawn is located in Taylor County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Callahan, Coleman, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels & Shackelford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lawn. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Taylor 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 Lawn (which is Taylor 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 Lawn

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

  • Taylor County   (where Lawn resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lawn.
      • Rogers
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Rogers is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Ovalo
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuscola
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Guion
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Guion is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Bradshaw
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
      • Buffalo Gap
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Potosi
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Wylie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Wylie is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • View
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • View is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
      • Caps
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Caps is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
      • Abilene
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Elmdale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Cozart
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Cozart is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
        • Happy Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
        • Shep
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Shep is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shep
        • Tye
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Tye is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <3>
        • Mount Pleasant
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
        • Impact
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Impact is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
        • Blair
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Blair is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
        • Hamby
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Merkel
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Callahan County
    • County Website:   https://www.callahancounty.org/
    • County Seat for Callahan:   Baird
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lawn.
      • Oplin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Oplin is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oplin
      • Dudley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dudley is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Denton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Eula
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Clyde
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Clyde is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>
      • Rowden
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Belle Plain ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Baird
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Admiral
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Admiral is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiral
      • Jayell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jayell is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayell
  • Coleman County
  • Jones County
  • Nolan County
  • Runnels County
    • County Website:   https://www.runnelscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lawn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lawn.
      • Crews
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Crews is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
      • Drasco
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Drasco is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
      • Winters
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pumphrey
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
      • Wingate
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Blanton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Blanton is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
      • Hatchel
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hatchel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
      • Benoit
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Benoit is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
      • Wilmeth
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilmeth is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmeth
      • Norton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley View
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Valley View is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Ballinger
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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- Lawn) 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.