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Nearest Communities to Slaton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

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

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

Slaton is located in Lubbock County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lubbock County: Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lynn & Terry.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Slaton. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Lubbock 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 Slaton (which is Lubbock 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 Slaton

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

  • Lubbock County   (where Slaton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Lubbock:   Lubbock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Slaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Slaton.
      • Posey
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ransom Canyon
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Buffalo Springs
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Union
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Union is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Midway
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Roosevelt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Roosevelt is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
      • Burris
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Burris is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burris
      • Acuff
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Acuff is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acuff
      • Woodrow
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Woodrow is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Canyon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Idalou
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Kitalou
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Lubbock
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Slide
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Doud
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Doud is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doud
        • Liberty
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Liberty is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
        • West End Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • West End Place is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End Place
        • Broadview
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Broadview is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
        • Carlisle
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
        • West Carlisle
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • West Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
        • Wolfforth
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Heckville ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
        • New Deal
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • New Deal is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
        • Becton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Hurlwood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
        • Reese Village
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
        • Shallowater
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Caldwell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Caldwell is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
  • Crosby County
  • Garza County
    • County Website:   https://www.garzacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Garza:   Post
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Slaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Slaton.
      • Southland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hackberry
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hackberry is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Buenos
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Buenos is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos
      • Pleasant Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Close City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Graham
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Graham is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Post
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Verbena ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Verbena is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
      • Augustus
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Augustus is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustus
  • Hale County
  • Hockley County
  • Lynn County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lynn:   Tahoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Slaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Slaton.
      • Wilson
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayside ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Wayside is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • New Lynn ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
      • New Home
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Grassland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tahoka
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Petty
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Petty is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
      • Lakeview
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Lakeview is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Skeen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Skeen is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen
      • Draw
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • West Point
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • West Point is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Slaton) 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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