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Nearest Communities to Paynes Corner,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Paynes Corner.<1>

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

Paynes Corner is located in Gaines County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gaines County: Lea (NM), Andrews, Dawson, Martin, Terry & Yoakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Paynes Corner. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Gaines 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 Paynes Corner (which is Gaines 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 Paynes Corner

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

  • Gaines County   (where Paynes Corner resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gaines:   Seminole
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paynes Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paynes Corner.
      • Seminole
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Fairview
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Fairview is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • State Line
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • State Line is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • Higginbotham
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Higginbotham is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginbotham
      • Denver City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Seagraves
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Loop
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Andrews County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.andrews.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Andrews:   Andrews
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paynes Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paynes Corner.
      • Florey
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Florey is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florey
      • Frankel City ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Frankel City is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
      • Shafter Lake ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Shafter Lake is located in Andrews County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Lake
  • Terry County
  • Yoakum County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.yoakum.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Yoakum:   Plains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paynes Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paynes Corner.
      • Allred
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Allred is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allred
      • Pleasant Hill
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Sligo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Sligo is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
  • Lea County
    • County Website:   https://www.leacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Lea:   Lovington (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paynes Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paynes Corner.
      • Hobbs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Hobbs is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
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      • Knowles ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Knowles is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
      • Nadine
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Nadine is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
      • Warren ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Warren is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Air Base City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Air Base City is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Base City
      • Humble City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Humble City is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
      • Jones City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jones City is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
      • Eunice
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Eunice is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <3>
      • Monument
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paynes Corner) 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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