Nearest Communities to Plains,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Plains, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Plains:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Plains.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Plains is located in Yoakum County and is the County Seat.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yoakum County: Lea (NM), Cochran, Gaines & Terry.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plains. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Yoakum 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 Plains (which is Yoakum 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 Plains
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Yoakum County (where Plains resides)
- County Seat for Yoakum: Plains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Yoakum County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Yoakum County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Yoakum County
- Nearest Communities to Plains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plains.
- Sligo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Allred
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
- Bronco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cochran County
- County Seat for Cochran: Morton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Cochran County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Cochran County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Cochran County
- Nearest Communities to Plains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plains.
- Girlstown USA
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Girlstown USA have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlstown USA
- Girlstown USA is located in Cochran County
- Lehman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Whiteface
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiteface have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
- Whiteface is located in Cochran County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiteface <4>
- Gaines County
- County Seat for Gaines: Seminole
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Gaines County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Gaines County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Gaines County
- Nearest Communities to Plains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plains.
- Denver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Denver City is located in Gaines County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,883 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver City <4>
- Seagraves
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagraves
- Seagraves is located in Gaines County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,994 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seagraves <4>
- Higginbotham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higginbotham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginbotham
- Higginbotham is located in Gaines County
- Loop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
- Loop is located in Gaines County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loop <4>
- Hockley County
- County Seat for Hockley: Levelland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Hockley County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Hockley County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Nearest Communities to Plains ...
- Sundown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Sundown is located in Hockley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,414 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sundown <4>
- Sundown
- Terry County
- County Seat for Terry: Brownfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Terry County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Terry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Terry County
- Nearest Communities to Plains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plains.
- Tokio ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Tokio is located in Terry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tokio <4>
- Johnson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Gomez
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Wellman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Wellman is located in Terry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellman <4>
- Lahey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Needmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lea County
- County Website: www.leacounty.net/
- County Seat for Lea: Lovington (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- Nearest Communities to Plains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plains.
- Bronco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Gladiola ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladiola
- Gladiola is located in Lea County (NM)
- Prairieview ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview
- Prairieview is located in Lea County (NM)
- McDonald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- McDonald is located in Lea County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonald <4>
- Tatum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
- Tatum is located in Lea County (NM)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 829 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tatum <4>
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Hillburn City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillburn City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillburn City
- Hillburn City is located in Lea County (NM)
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- Plains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1897, Longitude: -102.8271 |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |