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Nearest Communities to Pettit,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Pettit.<1>

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

Pettit is located in Hockley County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hockley County: Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry & Yoakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pettit. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Hockley 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 Pettit (which is Hockley 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 Pettit

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

  • Hockley County   (where Pettit resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hockley:   Levelland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pettit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pettit.
      • Coble
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Coble is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble
      • Pep
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Oklahoma Flat
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
      • Whitharral
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Levelland
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Opdyke West
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Sundown
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Opdyke
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Opdyke is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke
      • Clauene
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Clauene is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clauene
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Arnett
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Arnett is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
        • Anton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Anton is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anton <3>
        • Smyer
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Roundup
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Roundup is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
        • Lockettville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
        • Ropesville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bailey County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Bailey:   Muleshoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pettit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pettit.
      • Bula
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Enochs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Circleback
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Circleback is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
      • Maple
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Needmore
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Needmore is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Fairview
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Baileyboro
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
      • Goodland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Goodland is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
  • Cochran County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cochran.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Cochran:   Morton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pettit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pettit.
      • Whiteface
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Morton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Girlstown USA
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Girlstown USA is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlstown USA
      • Lehman
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Lehman is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman
      • Famuliner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Famuliner is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famuliner
      • Star Route
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Star Route is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
      • Neely Ward
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Neely Ward is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neely Ward
      • Bledsoe
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Griffith
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Griffith is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
  • Lamb County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pettit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pettit.
      • Lums Chapel
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lums Chapel is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lums Chapel
      • Beck
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Beck is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck
      • Littlefield
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bainer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Bainer is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainer
      • Friendship
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Friendship is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Amherst
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cofferville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Cofferville is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
      • Sudan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Spade
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Spade is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
      • Fieldton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lubbock County
  • Terry County

Footnotes ...

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