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Nearest Communities to McGirk,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of McGirk is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Hamilton County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hamilton County: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Lampasas & Mills.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 87 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McGirk. Of these communities, 62 are located in counties other than Hamilton County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for McGirk (which is Hamilton 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 McGirk

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

  • Hamilton County   (where McGirk resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.hamiltoncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Hamilton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McGirk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McGirk.
      • Pecan Wells
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Pecan Wells is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Wells
      • Fairview
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Fairview is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Springdale
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Springdale is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Vista
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Vista is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Shive
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Shive is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
      • Pottsville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Schoolerville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Schoolerville is located in Hamilton County
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      • Indian Gap
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
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      • Parsley Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Parsley Crossing is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsley Crossing
      • Ballard Crossing
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Ballard Crossing is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Crossing
      • Ohio ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
      • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Midway
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Midway is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Hamilton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Aleman
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Aleman is located in Hamilton County
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        • Gentrys Mill
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Gentrys Mill is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
        • Springtown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Springtown is located in Hamilton County
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        • Whiteway
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Spurlin ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
        • Sunshine
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Sunshine is located in Hamilton County
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        • Lanham
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Agee ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Olin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Olin is located in Hamilton County
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        • Carlton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Fairy
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Fairy is located in Hamilton County
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  • Brown County
  • Comanche County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.comanche.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Comanche:   Comanche
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McGirk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McGirk.
      • Energy
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Lamkin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Lamkin is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
      • Newburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Newburg is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Siloam
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Siloam is located in Comanche County
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      • Fleming
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Fleming is located in Comanche County
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      • Gustine
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hazeldell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Hazeldell is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
      • Wilson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ararat ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hasse
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Hasse is located in Comanche County
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      • Comanche
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coryell County
  • Erath County
  • Lampasas County
  • Mills County
    • County Website:   https://www.millscountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Mills:   Goldthwaite
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McGirk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McGirk.
      • Star
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Center City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Center City is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
      • Caradan
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Caradan is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caradan
      • Pleasant Grove
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Grove is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
      • Castor
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Castor is located in Mills County
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      • Durenville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Durenville is located in Mills County
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      • Goldthwaite
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Priddy
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Scallorn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Scallorn is located in Mills County
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      • Bozar
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Mullin
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Big Valley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Big Valley is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
        • Democrat
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Democrat is located in Mills County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
        • Double Ford
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Double Ford is located in Mills County
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        • Villa
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Villa is located in Mills County
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        • Blanket Springs
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Blanket Springs is located in Mills County
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        • Duke Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Duke Crossing is located in Mills County
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        • Ratler
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Ratler is located in Mills County
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        • Ridge
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • San Saba 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McGirk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McGirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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