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Nearest Communities to Orient,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 starting from Orient.<1>

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

Orient is located in Tom Green County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tom Green County: Coke, Concho, Irion, Menard, Runnels, Schleicher & Sterling.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Orient. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Tom Green 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 Orient (which is Tom Green 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 Orient

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

  • Tom Green County   (where Orient resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Tom Green:   San Angelo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Orient   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orient.
      • Kiesling
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Kiesling is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiesling
      • Harriet
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Harriet is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
      • Mullins Crossing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Mullins Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Crossing
      • Sixmile Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
      • Seventeen Mile Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sixteen Mile Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
      • Alvery Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Alvery Junction is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvery Junction
      • Veribest
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Veribest is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Grape Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
      • San Angelo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mereta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • S N Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • S N Junction is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S N Junction
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Carlsbad
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Wall
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Wall is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
        • Water Valley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Vancourt
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Byrne
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Byrne is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne
        • Negro Crossing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Negro Crossing is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Crossing
        • Tankersley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Tankersley is located in Tom Green County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tankersley
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Orient   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orient.
      • Tennyson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecan Mott
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
      • Shawville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Shawville is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawville
      • Bronte
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Robert Lee
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Edith
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Edith is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Fort Chadbourne
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Blackwell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Concho County
  • Irion County
  • Runnels County
    • County Website:   https://www.runnelscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Orient   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orient.
      • Miles
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Maverick ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Maverick is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Rowena
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Marie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Marie is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
      • Norton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Valley View
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Valley View is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Olfen
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Olfen is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olfen
      • Ballinger
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bethel
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Bethel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Wilmeth
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wilmeth is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmeth
        • Hatchel
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Hatchel is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
        • Blanton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Blanton is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
        • Wingate
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Benoit
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Benoit is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
        • Winters
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterling 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 from Point A (ie- Orient) 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.