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Nearest Communities to Murdo,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.<1>

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


Murdo is located in Oldham County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oldham County: Quay (NM), Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore & Potter.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Murdo. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Oldham 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 Murdo (which is Oldham 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 Murdo

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

  • Oldham County   (where Murdo resides)
    • County Seat for Oldham:   Vega
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Hollicott Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollicott Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollicott Crossing
        • Hollicott Crossing is located in Oldham County
      • Tascosa ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
        • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
      • Old Farm Crossing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Farm Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Crossing
        • Old Farm Crossing is located in Oldham County
      • Strip Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strip Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strip Crossing
        • Strip Crossing is located in Oldham County
      • Partwood Crossing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partwood Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partwood Crossing
        • Partwood Crossing is located in Oldham County
      • Vega
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vega have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
        • Vega is located in Oldham County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vega <4>
      • Everett
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
        • Everett is located in Oldham County
      • Landergin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landergin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landergin
        • Landergin is located in Oldham County
      • Wimberly Place
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wimberly Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimberly Place
        • Wimberly Place is located in Oldham County
      • Corner Windmill
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
        • Corner Windmill is located in Oldham County
      • Wildorado
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildorado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildorado
        • Wildorado is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildorado <4>
      • Adrian
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
        • Adrian is located in Oldham County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <4>
      • Knoblaw
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoblaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoblaw
        • Knoblaw is located in Oldham County
  • Hartley County
    • County Seat for Hartley:   Channing
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Channing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Hartley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Wilco
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilco
        • Wilco is located in Hartley County
      • King
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
        • King is located in Hartley County
      • Middle Water
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Water
        • Middle Water is located in Hartley County
      • Rehm
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rehm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehm
        • Rehm is located in Hartley County
      • Exum
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
        • Exum is located in Hartley County
  • Moore County
    • County Seat for Moore:   Dumas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Middlewell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlewell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlewell
        • Middlewell is located in Moore County
      • Bautista
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bautista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bautista
        • Bautista is located in Moore County
      • Exell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exell
        • Exell is located in Moore County
      • Four Way
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Way have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Way
        • Four Way is located in Moore County
      • Masterson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
        • Masterson is located in Moore County
      • Stallwitz Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stallwitz Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallwitz Lake
        • Stallwitz Lake is located in Moore County
      • Dumas
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Machovec
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Machovec have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machovec
        • Machovec is located in Moore County
  • Potter County
    • County Website:   www.co.potter.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Potter:   Amarillo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Ady
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ady
        • Ady is located in Potter County
      • Boden
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
        • Boden is located in Potter County
      • Marsh
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
        • Marsh is located in Potter County
      • Puente
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puente have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puente
        • Puente is located in Potter County
      • Gentry
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gentry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
        • Gentry is located in Potter 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Murdo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murdo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6095, Longitude: -102.3510       In this case, the coordinates for Murdo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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