Nearest Communities to Seminole,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Seminole, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Seminole:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Seminole.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Seminole is located in Gaines County and is the County Seat.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gaines County: Lea (NM), Andrews, Dawson, Martin, Terry & Yoakum.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Seminole. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Gaines 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 Seminole (which is Gaines 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 Seminole
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gaines County (where Seminole resides)
- County Seat for Gaines: Seminole
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Gaines County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Gaines County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Gaines County
- Nearest Communities to Seminole ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Seminole.
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Paynes Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paynes Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Paynes Corner is located in Gaines County
- Seagraves
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagraves
- Seagraves is located in Gaines County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,994 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seagraves <4>
- Loop
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
- Loop is located in Gaines County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loop <4>
- Denver City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Denver City is located in Gaines County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,883 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver City <4>
- Higginbotham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higginbotham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginbotham
- Higginbotham is located in Gaines County
- White City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Gaines County
- State Line
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Gaines County
- Ashmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Andrews County
- County Website: www.co.andrews.tx.us/
- County Seat for Andrews: Andrews
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Andrews County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Andrews County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Andrews County
- Nearest Communities to Seminole ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Seminole.
- Florey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florey
- Florey is located in Andrews County
- Shafter Lake ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shafter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Lake
- Shafter Lake is located in Andrews County
- Frankel City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankel City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
- Frankel City is located in Andrews County
- Andrews
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Andrews is located in Andrews County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andrews <4>
- Waldon Place Windmill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldon Place Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldon Place Windmill
- Waldon Place Windmill is located in Andrews County
- Dawson County
- County Seat for Dawson: Lamesa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Dawson County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Dawson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Dawson County
- Nearest Communities to Seminole ...
- Terry County
- County Seat for Terry: Brownfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Terry County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Terry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Terry County
- Nearest Communities to Seminole ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Seminole.
- Wellman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Wellman is located in Terry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellman <4>
- Adair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yoakum County
- County Seat for Yoakum: Plains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Yoakum County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Yoakum County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Yoakum County
- Nearest Communities to Seminole ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Seminole.
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
- Sligo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Allred
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lea County
- County Website: www.leacounty.net/
- County Seat for Lea: Lovington (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- Nearest Communities to Seminole ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Seminole.
- Hobbs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Hobbs is located in Lea County (NM)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <4>
- Nadine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Knowles ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Warren ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seminole) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Seminole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7190, Longitude: -102.6451 |
| <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. |