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Nearest Communities to Ropesville,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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 west 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 starting from Ropesville.<1>

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

Ropesville 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 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ropesville. Of these communities, 46 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 Ropesville (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 Ropesville

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

  • Hockley County   (where Ropesville resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hockley:   Levelland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ropesville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ropesville.
      • Arnett
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Arnett is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
      • Lockettville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Smyer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Clauene
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Clauene is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clauene
      • Opdyke West
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Opdyke
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Opdyke is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke
      • Levelland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sundown
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Coble
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Coble is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble
      • Roundup
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Whitharral
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Anton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Pettit
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Pettit is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
      • Oklahoma Flat
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
  • Cochran County
  • Lamb County
  • Lubbock County
    • County Website:   https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Lubbock:   Lubbock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ropesville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ropesville.
      • Wolfforth
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Slide
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Hurlwood
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
      • Reese Village
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
      • Carlisle
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Doud
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Doud is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doud
      • West Carlisle
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • West Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
      • West End Place
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • West End Place is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End Place
      • Woodrow
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Woodrow is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Lubbock
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Broadview
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Broadview is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
      • Shallowater
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Burris
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Burris is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burris
        • Union
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Union is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
        • Posey
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Caldwell
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Caldwell is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
        • Buffalo Springs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
        • Canyon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ransom Canyon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • New Deal
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • New Deal is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
        • Slaton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Kitalou
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Liberty
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Liberty is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
        • Roosevelt
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Roosevelt is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
  • Lynn County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lynn:   Tahoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ropesville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ropesville.
      • Lakeview
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Lakeview is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Petty
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Petty is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
      • New Home
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • West Point
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • West Point is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • Wayside ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Wayside is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wilson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Tahoka
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Moore
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • New Moore is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moore
      • Wells
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Wells is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ropesville) 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.