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Nearest Communities to Lowe,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Lowe is located in Mitchell County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mitchell County: Borden, Coke, Fisher, Howard, Nolan, Scurry & Sterling.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lowe. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Mitchell 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 Lowe (which is Mitchell 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 Lowe

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

  • Mitchell County   (where Lowe resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mitchell.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Mitchell:   Colorado City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lowe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lowe.
      • Pecan Crossing
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Pecan Crossing is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Crossing
      • Spade
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Spade is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
      • Rodet
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Rodet is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodet
      • Colorado City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Westbrook
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Loraine
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hyman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Hyman is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyman
      • Buford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Buford is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
      • Iatan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Iatan is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
      • Valley View
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Valley View is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Cuthbert ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cuthbert is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lowe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lowe.
      • Silver ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Edith
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Edith is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Robert Lee
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fisher County
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.howard.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Big Spring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lowe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lowe.
      • Otis Chalk ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Otis Chalk is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Chalk
      • Coahoma
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ross City ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Ross City is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross City
      • Vincent
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Vincent is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Sand Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Sand Springs is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
  • Nolan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lowe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lowe.
      • Champion
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Champion is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
      • Brownlee
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Brownlee is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Maryneal
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Roscoe
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wastella ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Wastella is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wastella
      • Shaufler
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Shaufler is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaufler
      • Avenger Village
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
  • Scurry County
  • Sterling 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- Lowe) 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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