Nearest Communities to Merkel,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Merkel, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Merkel:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest 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 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 Merkel.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Merkel is located in Taylor County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Callahan, Coleman, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels & Shackelford.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merkel. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Taylor 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 Merkel (which is Taylor 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 Merkel
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Taylor County (where Merkel resides)
- County Website: https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Taylor: Abilene
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merkel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merkel.
- Blair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cozart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cozart is located in Taylor County
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- Trent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Caps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caps is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
- View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- View is located in Taylor County
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- Impact
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Impact is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Wylie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wylie is located in Taylor County
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- Abilene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elmdale is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
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- Tuscola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shep
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shep is located in Taylor County
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- Potosi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ovalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Guion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guion is located in Taylor County
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- Bradshaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Lawn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Callahan County
- County Website: https://www.callahancounty.org/
- County Seat for Callahan: Baird
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merkel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merkel.
- Eula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dudley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Clyde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fisher County
- County Website: https://www.fishercounty.org/
- County Seat for Fisher: Roby
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merkel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merkel.
- Eskota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eskota is located in Fisher County
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- Palava
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Palava is located in Fisher County
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- Sylvester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Longworth is located in Fisher County
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- McCaulley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McCaulley is located in Fisher County
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- Busby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Busby is located in Fisher County
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- Pledger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pledger is located in Fisher County
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- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds is located in Fisher County
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- Roby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gannon is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gannon
- Hamlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Capitola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jones County
- County Website: https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
- County Seat for Jones: Anson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merkel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merkel.
- Stith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noodle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Noodle is located in Jones County
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- Hodges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges is located in Jones County
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- Truby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Truby is located in Jones County
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- Hawley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Abilene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Abilene is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
- Anson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Neinda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Neinda is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neinda
- Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
- Funston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phantom Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
- Radium
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
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- Nugent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nugent is located in Jones County
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- Corinth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Jones County
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- Plainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Nolan County
- County Website: https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
- County Seat for Nolan: Sweetwater
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merkel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merkel.
- Toland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Toland is located in Nolan County
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- Grimes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grimes is located in Nolan County
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- Herndon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Herndon is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Tesco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tesco is located in Nolan County
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- Nolan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orient
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orient is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
- Sweetwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avenger Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
- Shaufler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shaufler is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaufler
- Hylton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maryneal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Runnels County
- County Website: https://www.runnelscounty.org/
- County Seat for Runnels: Ballinger
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merkel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merkel.
- Drasco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Drasco is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Pumphrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
- Wingate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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 from Point A (ie- Merkel) 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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