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Nearest Communities to M K Crossing,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from M K Crossing.<1>

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

M K Crossing is located in Throckmorton County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Throckmorton County: Archer, Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Shackelford, Stephens & Young.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of M K Crossing. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Throckmorton 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 M K Crossing (which is Throckmorton 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 M K Crossing

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

  • Throckmorton County   (where M K Crossing resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.throckmortoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Throckmorton:   Throckmorton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to M K Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from M K Crossing.
      • Dug Ford
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Dug Ford is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Ford
      • Buzzard Peak Crossing
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Buzzard Peak Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Peak Crossing
      • Paint Crossing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Paint Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Crossing
      • Gentry Crossing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Gentry Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry Crossing
      • Hayford Crossing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hayford Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Crossing
      • Reynolds Crossing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Reynolds Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossing
      • Bartholomew Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bartholomew Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartholomew Crossing
      • McKeichan Crossing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • McKeichan Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeichan Crossing
      • Coody Crossing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Coody Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
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      • Throckmorton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lusk
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Lusk is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
      • Elbert
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Elbert is located in Throckmorton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert
  • Haskell County
    • County Website:   https://www.haskellcountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Haskell:   Haskell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to M K Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from M K Crossing.
      • Scott Crossing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Scott Crossing is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Crossing
      • Irby
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Irby is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irby
      • Paint Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Paint Creek is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
      • Mattson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Mattson is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
      • Haskell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Josselet
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Josselet is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselet
      • Plainview
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Plainview is located in Haskell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Stamford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Weinert
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinkerton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pinkerton is located in Haskell County
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  • Jones County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jones:   Anson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to M K Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from M K Crossing.
      • Lueders
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Avoca
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • New Hope is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Nugent
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Nugent is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
      • Funston
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Funston is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
      • Phantom Hill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
      • Corinth
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Corinth is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
  • Shackelford County
    • County Website:   https://www.shackelfordcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Shackelford:   Albany
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to M K Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from M K Crossing.
      • Fort Griffin
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Griffin is located in Shackelford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Griffin
      • Berryhill
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Berryhill is located in Shackelford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill
      • Albany
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Albany is located in Shackelford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,958 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <3>
      • Acampo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Acampo is located in Shackelford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acampo
      • Sedwick
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Sedwick is located in Shackelford County
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  • Stephens County
  • Young 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- M K Crossing) 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.