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Nearest Communities to Samnorwood,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Samnorwood.<1>

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

Samnorwood is located in Collingsworth County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Collingsworth County: Beckham (OK), Harmon (OK), Childress, Donley, Hall & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Samnorwood. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Collingsworth 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 Samnorwood (which is Collingsworth 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 Samnorwood

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

  • Collingsworth County   (where Samnorwood resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.collingsworth.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Collingsworth:   Wellington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Samnorwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Samnorwood.
      • Lutie
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lutie is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutie
      • Dozier
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Dozier is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
      • Aberdeen
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Aberdeen is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Marilla
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Marilla is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marilla
      • Quail
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wellington
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Rolla
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Rolla is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
      • Swearingen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Swearingen is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearingen
      • Fresno
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Fresno is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
      • New Loco
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • New Loco is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Loco
      • Dodson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Dodson is located in Collingsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
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  • Childress County
  • Donley County
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Pampa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Samnorwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Samnorwood.
      • McLean
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Alanreed
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Back
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Back is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
      • Denworth
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Denworth is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denworth
  • Hall County
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Wheeler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Samnorwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Samnorwood.
      • Shamrock
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lela
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Lela is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lela
      • Norrick
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Norrick is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrick
      • Ramsdell
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Ramsdell is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdell
      • Fuller
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Fuller is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
      • Twitty
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
      • Pakan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Pakan is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pakan
      • Benonine
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Benonine is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benonine
      • Magic City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
      • Kelton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
      • Kellerville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Kellerville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
      • Wheeler
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bellco
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bellco is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellco
  • Beckham County
  • Harmon County
    • County Seat for Harmon:   Hollis (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Samnorwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Samnorwood.
      • Carl
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Carl is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
      • Madge
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Madge is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
      • Sandy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Sandy is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Vinson
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Arnett
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Arnett is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
      • McKnight
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • McKnight is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnight
      • Ron
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ron is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ron

Footnotes ...

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