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Nearest Communities to MacBain,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 starting from MacBain.<1>

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

MacBain is located in Motley County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Motley County: Briscoe, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hall & King.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of MacBain. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Motley 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 MacBain (which is Motley 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 MacBain

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

  • Motley County   (where MacBain resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.motley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Motley:   Matador
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to MacBain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from MacBain.
      • Roaring Springs
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Matador
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Whiteflat
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Whiteflat is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteflat
      • Russellville ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Russellville is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
      • Whitestar
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Whitestar is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestar
      • Flomot
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Folley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Folley is located in Motley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folley
  • Cottle County
  • Crosby County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.crosby.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Crosby:   Crosbyton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to MacBain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from MacBain.
      • Wake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wake is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
      • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
      • Broadway
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Broadway is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
      • Crosbyton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Cone
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Ralls
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Farmer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Farmer is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
  • Dickens County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.dickens.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Dickens:   Dickens
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to MacBain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from MacBain.
      • Glenn
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Glenn is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
      • McAdoo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Afton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Elton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • East Afton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • East Afton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Afton
      • Croton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Croton is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
      • Dickens
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
      • Spur
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Spur is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spur <3>
  • Floyd County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.floyd.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Floyd:   Floydada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to MacBain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from MacBain.
      • Dougherty
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Boothe
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Boothe is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothe
      • Lakeview
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Lakeview is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Plains Assembly
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Plains Assembly is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Assembly
      • Cedar Hill
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
      • Floydada
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Della Plain ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Della Plain is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Della Plain
      • Fairmont
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Fairmont is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
      • Johnfarris
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Johnfarris is located in Floyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnfarris
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Muncy
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Muncy is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
        • McCoy
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • McCoy is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
        • Gray Mule ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
        • South Plains
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sandhill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Sandhill is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
        • Allmon
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Allmon is located in Floyd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allmon
  • King County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- MacBain) 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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