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Nearest Communities to Rising Star,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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 Rising Star.<1>

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

Rising Star is located in Eastland County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eastland County: Brown, Callahan, Comanche, Erath, Palo Pinto, Shackelford & Stephens.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rising Star. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Eastland 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 Rising Star (which is Eastland 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 Rising Star

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

  • Eastland County   (where Rising Star resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
    • County Seat for Eastland:   Eastland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rising Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rising Star.
      • Chuckville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Chuckville is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckville
      • Branton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Branton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton
      • Union Center
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Union Center is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Okra
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pioneer
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Pioneer is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Mountain Top
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Mountain Top is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
      • Sabanno
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sabanno is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
      • Romney
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Romney is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
      • Pleasant Hill
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Nimrod ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Carbon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mangum ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Mangum is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
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        • Scranton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Scranton is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
        • Punkin Center
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Punkin Center is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
        • Mitchell
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Mitchell is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Gorman
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Kokomo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Cisco
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Ellison Springs ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Ellison Springs is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Springs
        • Eastland
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Staff
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Staff is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staff
        • Olden
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Morton Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Morton Valley is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Valley
        • Chaney
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Chaney is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
        • Desdemona
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Merriman ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Merriman is located in Eastland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriman
        • Ranger
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Brownwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rising Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rising Star.
      • Williams
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Williams is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • May
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Cross Cut
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Holder
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Holder is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
      • Byrds
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Byrds is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds
      • Owens
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Owens is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
      • Lake Brownwood
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
      • Grosvenor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Grosvenor is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosvenor
      • Lake Shore
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Lake Shore is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
      • Shamrock Shores
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Shores
      • Blanket
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Blackwell Crossing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Blackwell Crossing is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Crossing
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Thrifty
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Thrifty is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
        • Delaware Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Delaware Junction is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
        • Fry ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Early
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Antioch
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Antioch is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
        • Bluff View
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Bluff View is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff View
        • Brownwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Bangs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Ricker ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Ricker is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricker
        • Woodland Heights
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Woodland Heights is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
        • Zephyr
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Callahan County
  • Coleman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coleman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coleman:   Coleman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rising Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rising Star.
      • Burkett
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Webbville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Webbville is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbville
      • Echo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Echo is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Buffalo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Buffalo is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Liberty
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Liberty is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Obregon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Obregon is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obregon
  • Comanche County
  • Erath 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rising Star) 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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