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Nearest Communities to Lela,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.<1>

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

Lela is located in Wheeler County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheeler County: Beckham (OK), Roger Mills (OK), Collingsworth, Gray & Hemphill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lela. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Wheeler 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 Lela (which is Wheeler 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 Lela

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

  • Wheeler County   (where Lela resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Wheeler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lela.
      • Shamrock
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pakan
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pakan is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pakan
      • Ramsdell
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ramsdell is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdell
      • Twitty
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
      • Magic City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
      • Norrick
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Norrick is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrick
      • Kellerville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Kellerville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
      • Fuller
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Fuller is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
      • Bellco
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Bellco is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellco
      • Wheeler
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Kelton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
      • Benonine
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Benonine is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benonine
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Mobeetie
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • New Mobeetie
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
        • Briscoe
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Zybach ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Zybach is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach
        • Allison
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Collingsworth County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.collingsworth.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Collingsworth:   Wellington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lela.
      • Dozier
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Dozier is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
      • Samnorwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lutie
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lutie is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutie
      • Marilla
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Marilla is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marilla
      • Aberdeen
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Aberdeen is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Quail
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Wellington
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rolla
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Rolla is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
      • Swearingen
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Swearingen is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearingen
  • Donley County
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Pampa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lela.
      • McLean
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Back
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Back is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
      • Denworth
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Denworth is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denworth
      • Alanreed
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Laketon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Laketon is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • Wesco
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wesco is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
      • Lefors
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hemphill County
  • Beckham County
  • Harmon County
  • Roger Mills 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- Lela) 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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