Nearest Communities to Oplin,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Oplin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Oplin:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Oplin.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Oplin is located in Callahan County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Callahan County: Brown, Coleman, Eastland, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens & Taylor.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oplin. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Callahan 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 Oplin (which is Callahan 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 Oplin
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Callahan County (where Oplin resides)
- County Website: https://www.callahancounty.org/
- County Seat for Callahan: Baird
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oplin.
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Denton is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Denton has also been known as:
- Denton Valley
- Dudley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dudley is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Rowden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rowden is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowden
- Eula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eula is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eula
- Belle Plain ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plain is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plain
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Admiral
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Admiral is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiral
- Baird
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Jayell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jayell is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayell
- Cross Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Atwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Atwell is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwell
- Putnam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown County
- County Website: https://www.browncountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Brown: Brownwood
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oplin.
- Cross Cut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cross Cut is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cut
- Blackwell Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwell Crossing is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Crossing
- Grosvenor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grosvenor is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosvenor
- Fry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Coleman County
- County Website: https://www.co.coleman.tx.us/
- County Seat for Coleman: Coleman
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oplin.
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Novice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Webbville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Webbville is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbville
- Glen Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Hamrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hamrick is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Echo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Echo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Burkett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Talpa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Valera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- San Angelo Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- San Angelo Junction is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Angelo Junction
- Santa Anna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eastland County
- County Website: https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
- County Seat for Eastland: Eastland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oplin.
- Pioneer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pioneer is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Sabanno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sabanno is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
- Scranton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scranton is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nimrod is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Jones County
- County Website: https://www.co.jones.tx.us/
- County Seat for Jones: Anson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- North Abilene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Abilene is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abilene
- Runnels County
- County Website: https://www.runnelscounty.org/
- County Seat for Runnels: Ballinger
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oplin.
- Crews
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crews is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
- Drasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Drasco is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Winters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Pumphrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
- Benoit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benoit is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Hatchel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchel is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
- Taylor County
- County Website: https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Taylor: Abilene
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Oplin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oplin.
- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Lawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Potosi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potosi is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Ovalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tuscola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Guion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Guion is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Buffalo Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Elmdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elmdale is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Wylie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wylie is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Bradshaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Abilene
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caps
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caps is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
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- View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- View is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
- Hamby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hamby is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby
- Impact
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Impact is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Tye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cozart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cozart is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
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- Oplin) 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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