Nearest Communities to Skellytown,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Skellytown, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Skellytown:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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 Skellytown.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Skellytown is located in Carson County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carson County: Armstrong, Donley, Gray, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall & Roberts.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Skellytown. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Carson 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 Skellytown (which is Carson 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 Skellytown
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Carson County (where Skellytown resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.carson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Carson: Panhandle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skellytown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skellytown.
- Cargray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cargray is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cargray
- White Deer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cuyler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cuyler is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyler
- Hillard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hillard is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillard
- McBride
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McBride is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Panhandle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abell is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Pomeroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pomeroy is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
- Deal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deal is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
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- Wilhelm
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wilhelm is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm
- Groom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lark is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Lee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lee is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Conway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conway is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Masterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Masterson is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
- Donley County
- County Website: https://www.co.donley.tx.us/
- County Seat for Donley: Clarendon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skellytown ...
- Boydston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Boydston is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydston
- Gray County
- County Website: https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gray: Pampa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skellytown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skellytown.
- Kingsmill Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
- Kingsmill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsmill is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
- Pampa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mesilla Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mesilla Park is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesilla Park
- Bowers City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers City is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers City
- Hoover
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Heaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Heaton is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Lefors
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wesco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Laketon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laketon is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Hutchinson County
- County Website: https://www.co.hutchinson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Hutchinson: Stinnett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skellytown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skellytown.
- Texroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Texroy is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texroy
- Phillips
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Borger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Electric City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
- Bunavista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bunavista is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunavista
- Philrich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Philrich is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philrich
- Plemons ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plemons is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plemons
- Stekoll Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stekoll Camp is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stekoll Camp
- Dial
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dial is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Oil City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Sanford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stinnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fritch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pringle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts County
- County Website: https://www.co.roberts.tx.us/
- County Seat for Roberts: Miami
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skellytown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skellytown.
- Wayside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Codman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Codman is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codman
- Parnell ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
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- Skellytown) 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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