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Nearest Communities to Norton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Norton is located in Runnels County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Runnels County: Coke, Coleman, Concho, Nolan, Taylor & Tom Green.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Norton. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Runnels 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 Norton (which is Runnels 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 Norton

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

  • Runnels County   (where Norton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.runnelscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Norton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Norton.
      • Maverick ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Maverick is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Marie
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Marie is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
      • Wilmeth
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Wilmeth is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmeth
      • Valley View
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Valley View is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Hatchel
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Hatchel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
      • Winters
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wingate
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Pumphrey
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
      • Ballinger
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Blanton is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
      • Drasco
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Drasco is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
      • Rowena
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Benoit
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Benoit is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
        • Miles
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Bethel
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Bethel is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
        • Crews
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Crews is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
        • Olfen
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Olfen is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olfen
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Norton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Norton.
      • Bronte
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Shawville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Shawville is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawville
      • Tennyson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Chadbourne
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
      • Blackwell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Robert Lee
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Pecan Mott
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Edith
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Edith is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
  • Coleman County
  • Concho County
  • Nolan County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Norton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Norton.
      • Happy Valley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Shep
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Shep is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shep
      • Bradshaw
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
      • Guion
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Guion is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Ovalo
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lawn
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuscola
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tom Green County
    • County Website:   https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Tom Green:   San Angelo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Norton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Norton.
      • Kiesling
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Kiesling is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiesling
      • Orient
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Orient is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Seventeen Mile Crossing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sixteen Mile Crossing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
      • Mullins Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Mullins Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Crossing
      • Harriet
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Harriet is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
      • Mereta
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Veribest
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Veribest is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Sixmile Crossing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing

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- Norton) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.