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Nearest Communities to Sligo,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 south.

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 south 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 starting from Sligo.<1>

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

Sligo is located in Yoakum County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yoakum County: Lea (NM), Cochran, Gaines & Terry.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sligo. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Yoakum 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 Sligo (which is Yoakum 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 Sligo

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

  • Yoakum County   (where Sligo resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.yoakum.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Yoakum:   Plains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sligo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sligo.
      • Pleasant Hill
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Allred
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Allred is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allred
      • Plains
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bronco
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bronco is located in Yoakum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
  • Cochran County
  • Gaines County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gaines:   Seminole
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sligo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sligo.
      • Denver City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Seagraves
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Loop
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Higginbotham
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Higginbotham is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginbotham
      • Paynes Corner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Paynes Corner is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
      • Seminole
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ashmore
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Ashmore is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
      • Fairview
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Fairview is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • White City ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • White City is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • State Line
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • State Line is located in Gaines County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
  • Hockley County
  • Terry County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Terry:   Brownfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sligo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sligo.
      • Tokio ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wellman
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Johnson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Johnson is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Gomez
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Gomez is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
      • Lahey
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Lahey is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahey
      • Foster
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Foster is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
      • Adair
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Adair is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
      • Brownfield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Union
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Union is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Needmore
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Needmore is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Lea County
    • County Website:   https://www.leacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Lea:   Lovington (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sligo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sligo.
      • Bronco
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bronco is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Knowles ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Knowles is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
      • Prairieview ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Prairieview is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sligo) 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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