Nearest Communities to Mendota,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Mendota, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Mendota:
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 starting from Mendota.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Mendota is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Hemphill County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hemphill County: Ellis (OK), Roger Mills (OK), Lipscomb, Roberts & Wheeler.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mendota. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Hemphill 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 Mendota (which is Hemphill 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 Mendota
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hemphill County (where Mendota resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.hemphill.tx.us/
- County Seat for Hemphill: Canadian
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Mendota ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mendota.
- Canadian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gageby ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gageby is located in Hemphill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageby
- Springers Ranch ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Springers Ranch is located in Hemphill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
- Glazier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glazier is located in Hemphill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glazier
- Gem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gem is located in Hemphill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Dreyfoos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dreyfoos is located in Hemphill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfoos
- Gray County
- County Website: https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gray: Pampa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Mendota ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mendota.
- Laketon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laketon is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Heaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hoover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Denworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Denworth is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denworth
- Wesco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wesco is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
- Back
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Back is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
- Lefors
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mesilla Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mesilla Park is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesilla Park
- Lipscomb County
- County Website: https://www.co.lipscomb.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lipscomb: Lipscomb
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Mendota ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mendota.
- Locust Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Lipscomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Coburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coburn is located in Lipscomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
- Barton Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barton Corners is located in Lipscomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Corners
- Roberts County
- County Website: https://www.co.roberts.tx.us/
- County Seat for Roberts: Miami
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Mendota ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mendota.
- Lora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lora is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lora
- Miami
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Codman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Codman is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codman
- Parnell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parnell is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Wayside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayside is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wheeler County
- County Website: https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Wheeler: Wheeler
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Mendota ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mendota.
- Mobeetie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Mobeetie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
- Briscoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zybach ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zybach is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach
- Allison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bellco is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellco
- Kellerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kellerville is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
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- Mendota) 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 Mendota, 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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