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Nearest Communities to Ridgeheights,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Ridgeheights.<1>

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

Ridgeheights is located in Midland County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Midland County: Andrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Reagan & Upton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ridgeheights. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Midland 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 Ridgeheights (which is Midland 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 Ridgeheights

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

  • Midland County   (where Ridgeheights resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.midland.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Midland:   Midland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ridgeheights   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ridgeheights.
      • Sandy Acres
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Acres
        • Sandy Acres is located in Midland County
      • Cotton Flat
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Flat
        • Cotton Flat is located in Midland County
      • Midland
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Chub
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chub have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chub
        • Chub is located in Midland County
      • Bounce
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bounce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounce
        • Bounce is located in Midland County
      • Corner Windmill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
        • Corner Windmill is located in Midland County
      • Warfield
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
        • Warfield is located in Midland County
      • Germania
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germania have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
        • Germania is located in Midland County
      • Greenwood
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Greenwood is located in Midland County
      • Spraberry
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spraberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraberry
        • Spraberry is located in Midland County
      • Benge Corner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benge Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Corner
        • Benge Corner is located in Midland County
  • Ector County
    • County Website:   www.co.ector.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Ector:   Odessa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ridgeheights   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ridgeheights.
      • Gardendale
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Odessa
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Scharbauer City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
        • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
      • Arcade
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
        • Arcade is located in Ector County
      • Pleasant Farms
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farms
        • Pleasant Farms is located in Ector County
      • North Cowden
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Cowden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cowden
        • North Cowden is located in Ector County
      • West Odessa
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Odessa
        • West Odessa is located in Ector County
      • Douro
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douro
        • Douro is located in Ector County
  • Glasscock County
    • County Seat for Glasscock:   Garden City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ridgeheights   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ridgeheights.
      • Old Houston Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Houston Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Houston Place
        • Old Houston Place is located in Glasscock County
      • Bigby Corner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bigby Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigby Corner
        • Bigby Corner is located in Glasscock County
  • Howard County
    • County Seat for Howard:   Big Spring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ridgeheights   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ridgeheights.
      • Lomax
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lomax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
        • Lomax is located in Howard County
      • Morita
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morita have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morita
        • Morita is located in Howard County
  • Martin County
    • County Seat for Martin:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ridgeheights   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ridgeheights.
      • Dix
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dix have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix
        • Dix is located in Martin County
      • Courtney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
        • Courtney is located in Martin County
      • Stanton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tarzan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarzan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarzan
        • Tarzan is located in Martin County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarzan <4>
      • Grady
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
        • Grady is located in Martin County
      • Lenorah
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenorah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenorah
        • Lenorah is located in Martin County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenorah <4>
  • Upton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgeheights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgeheights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9535, Longitude: -102.0626       In this case, the coordinates for Ridgeheights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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