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Nearest Communities to Olden,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind 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.

Olden is located in Eastland County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eastland County: Brown, Callahan, Comanche, Erath, Palo Pinto, Shackelford & Stephens.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Olden. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Eastland 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 Olden (which is Eastland 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 Olden

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

  • Eastland County   (where Olden resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
    • County Seat for Eastland:   Eastland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olden.
      • Merriman ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Merriman is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriman
      • Staff
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Staff is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staff
      • Eastland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Ranger
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Morton Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Morton Valley is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Valley
      • Bullock
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bullock is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
      • Tiffin
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Tiffin is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
      • Chaney
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Chaney is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
      • Punkin Center
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Punkin Center is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
      • Kokomo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mangum ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Mangum is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
      • Carbon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Cisco
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Gorman
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Ellison Springs ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Ellison Springs is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Springs
        • Desdemona
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Hill
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Pleasant Hill is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
        • Mountain Top
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Mountain Top is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
        • Romney
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Romney is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
        • Mitchell
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Mitchell is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Okra
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Nimrod ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Branton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Branton is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton
        • Union Center
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Union Center is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
        • Dothan
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Dothan is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
        • Scranton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Scranton is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
        • Chuckville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Chuckville is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckville
        • Rising Star
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Sabanno
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Sabanno is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
        • Pioneer
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Pioneer is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Callahan County
  • Comanche County
  • Erath County
  • Palo Pinto County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.palo-pinto.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Palo Pinto:   Palo Pinto
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olden.
      • Strawn
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lyra ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Lyra is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyra
      • Mingus
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gordon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Gordon Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Gordon Junction is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Junction
      • Brad
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Brad is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brad
      • Coalville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Coalville is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
      • Metcalf Gap
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Metcalf Gap is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Gap
  • Shackelford County
  • Stephens County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Olden) 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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