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Nearest Communities to Saint Lawrence,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

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

Saint Lawrence is located in Glasscock County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 14 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Saint Lawrence. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Glasscock 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 Saint Lawrence (which is Glasscock 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 Saint Lawrence

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

  • Glasscock County   (where Saint Lawrence resides)
    • County Seat for Glasscock:   Garden City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Lawrence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Lawrence.
      • Bigby Corner
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • 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
      • Garden City
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
        • Garden City is located in Glasscock County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <4>
      • Old Houston Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • 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
      • Lees
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees
        • Lees is located in Glasscock County
  • Howard County
    • County Seat for Howard:   Big Spring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Lawrence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Lawrence.
      • Forsan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forsan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsan
        • Forsan is located in Howard County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsan <4>
      • Lomax
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • Ross City ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ross City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross City
        • Ross City is located in Howard County
  • Midland County
    • County Website:   www.co.midland.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Midland:   Midland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Lawrence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Lawrence.
      • Spraberry
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • 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
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • 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
      • Greenwood
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Greenwood is located in Midland County
  • Reagan County
    • County Seat for Reagan:   Big Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Lawrence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Lawrence.
      • Crossroads
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
        • Crossroads is located in Reagan County
      • Stiles ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stiles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
        • Stiles is located in Reagan County
      • Four Corner Windmill
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corner Windmill
        • Four Corner Windmill is located in Reagan County
  • Upton 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 from Point A (ie- Saint Lawrence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Lawrence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7026, Longitude: -101.5379       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Lawrence 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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