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Nearest Communities to Shaufler,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Shaufler.<1>

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


Shaufler is located in Nolan County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nolan County: Coke, Fisher, Jones, Mitchell, Runnels, Scurry & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shaufler. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Nolan 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 Shaufler (which is Nolan 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 Shaufler

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

  • Nolan County   (where Shaufler resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaufler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaufler.
      • Avenger Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
      • Sweetwater
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Roscoe
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Orient
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Orient is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Maryneal
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Brownlee
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Brownlee is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Champion
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Champion is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
      • Tesco
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Tesco is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesco
      • Herndon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Herndon is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
      • Wastella ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wastella is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wastella
      • Nolan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Grimes
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Grimes is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
      • Toland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Toland is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toland
      • Hylton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Hylton is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaufler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaufler.
      • Blackwell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Silver ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Fort Chadbourne
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
  • Fisher County
    • County Website:   https://www.fishercounty.org/
    • County Seat for Fisher:   Roby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaufler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaufler.
      • Gannon
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Gannon is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gannon
      • Eskota
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Eskota is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
      • Palava
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Palava is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palava
      • Bernecker
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Bernecker is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernecker
      • Busby
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Busby is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
      • Capitola
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Capitola is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
      • Claytonville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Claytonville is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
      • Longworth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Longworth is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
      • Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Center is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
      • Roby
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Sardis
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Sardis is located in Fisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
      • Sylvester
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
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        • Pledger
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Pledger is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
        • Cross Roads
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Cross Roads is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
        • Fisher
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Fisher is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
        • Hobbs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
        • North Roby
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • North Roby is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Roby
        • Royston
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Royston is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
        • Scotts Corner
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Scotts Corner is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
        • McCaulley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley
  • Jones County
  • Mitchell County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mitchell.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Mitchell:   Colorado City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaufler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaufler.
      • Loraine
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Valley View
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Valley View is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Rodet
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Rodet is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodet
      • Buford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Buford is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
      • Colorado City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Lowe
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Lowe is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Pecan Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Pecan Crossing is located in Mitchell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Crossing
  • Scurry County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.scurry.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Scurry:   Snyder
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaufler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaufler.
      • Inadale
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Inadale is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inadale
      • China Grove
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • China Grove is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
      • Hermleigh
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Midway is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Camp Springs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Camp Springs is located in Scurry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Springs
      • Dunn
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaufler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaufler.
      • Trent
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Blair
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Blair is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Merkel
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Shep
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Shep is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shep
      • Happy Valley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Cozart
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Cozart is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
      • Mount Pleasant
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shaufler) 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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