Nearest Communities to Shafter Lake,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Shafter Lake, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Shafter Lake:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 starting from Shafter Lake.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Shafter Lake is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Andrews County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Andrews County: Lea (NM), Ector, Gaines, Martin, Midland & Winkler.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shafter Lake. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Andrews County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Shafter Lake (which is Andrews 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 Shafter Lake
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Andrews County (where Shafter Lake resides)
- 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 Shafter Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Shafter Lake.
- Florey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florey
- Florey is located in Andrews County
- Frankel City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankel City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
- Frankel City is located in Andrews County
- Andrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- 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 <5>
- Waldon Place Windmill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldon Place Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldon Place Windmill
- Waldon Place Windmill is located in Andrews County
- Old Place Windmills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Place Windmills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Place Windmills
- Old Place Windmills is located in Andrews County
- Coyote Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Corner
- Coyote Corner is located in Andrews County
- Sixteen Corner Windmill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sixteen Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Corner Windmill
- Sixteen Corner Windmill is located in Andrews County
- Ector County
- County Website: www.co.ector.tx.us/
- County Seat for Ector: Odessa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Ector County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Ector County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Ector County
- Nearest Communities to Shafter Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Shafter Lake.
- Goldsmith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Goldsmith is located in Ector County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsmith <5>
- North Cowden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Cowden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cowden
- North Cowden is located in Ector County
- Turnbaugh Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnbaugh Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbaugh Corner
- Turnbaugh Corner is located in Ector County
- Scharbauer City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
- Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
- Gaines County
- 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 Shafter Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Shafter Lake.
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Seminole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Seminole is located in Gaines County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,952 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seminole <5>
- Paynes Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paynes Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Paynes Corner is located in Gaines County
- 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 Shafter Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Shafter Lake.
- Jones City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Jones City is located in Lea County (NM)
- Eunice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
- Eunice is located in Lea County (NM)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <5>
- Maypens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maypens
- Maypens is located in Lea County (NM)
- Nadine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Shafter Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shafter Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4046, Longitude: -102.6660 In this case, the coordinates for Shafter Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shafter Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |