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Nearest Communities to Roy,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Roy.<1>

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

Roy is located in Castro County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Castro County: Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall & Swisher.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Roy. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Castro 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 Roy (which is Castro 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 Roy

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

  • Castro County   (where Roy resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy.
      • Mulkey
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
      • Hart
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hart is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <3>
      • Nazareth
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dimmitt
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilburn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hilburn is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
      • Sunnyside
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunnyside is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Flagg
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Flagg is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
      • Big Square
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Big Square is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
      • Arney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Arney is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Jumbo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Jumbo is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
        • Easter
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Easter is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
        • Dodd
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Dodd is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
        • Tam Anne
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Tam Anne is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tam Anne
        • Frio
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Frio is located in Castro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio
        • Summerfield
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Deaf Smith County
  • Hale County
    • County Website:   https://www.halecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hale:   Plainview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy.
      • Edmonson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Halfway
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Halfway is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Wright
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wright is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Boone
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Boone is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Mayfield
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Mayfield is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
      • Wasson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Wasson is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
  • Lamb County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy.
      • Springlake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Circle
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Circle is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
      • Earth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Olton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Fieldton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hart Camp ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
  • Parmer County
  • Swisher County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.swisher.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Swisher:   Tulia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy.
      • Lakeview
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Lakeview is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Center Plains
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Center Plains is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Plains
      • Eunice
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Eunice is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
      • Tulia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Tulia is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,606 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulia <3>
      • Kaffir
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Kaffir is located in Swisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaffir
      • Kress
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Happy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

Footnotes ...

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