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Nearest Communities to Soncy,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Soncy.<1>

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

Soncy is located in Potter County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Potter County: Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham & Randall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Soncy. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Potter 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 Soncy (which is Potter 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 Soncy

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

  • Potter County   (where Soncy resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.potter.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Potter:   Amarillo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soncy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soncy.
      • Bishop Hills
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Cliffside
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Cliffside is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
      • Amarillo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Dumas Junction
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Dumas Junction is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas Junction
      • Pleasant Valley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Gentry
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Gentry is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
      • Bushland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Juilliard
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Juilliard is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juilliard
      • Mayer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Mayer is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
      • Folsom
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Folsom is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Pullman
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Pullman is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
      • Gluck
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Gluck is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluck
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Chunky
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Chunky is located in Potter County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
        • Boden
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Boden is located in Potter County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
        • Puente
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Puente is located in Potter County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puente
        • Saint Francis
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Saint Francis is located in Potter County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
        • Ady
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Ady is located in Potter County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ady
        • Marsh
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Marsh is located in Potter County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
  • Armstrong County
  • Carson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.carson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Carson:   Panhandle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soncy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soncy.
      • Yarnall
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Yarnall is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnall
      • Masterson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Masterson is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
      • Lee
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Lee is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Pomeroy
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Pomeroy is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
      • Abell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Abell is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
      • Wilhelm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilhelm is located in Carson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm
  • Deaf Smith County
  • Moore County
  • Oldham County
  • Randall County
    • County Website:   https://www.randallcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Randall:   Canyon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soncy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soncy.
      • Zita
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Zita is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zita
      • Palisades
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Palisades is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
      • Timbercreek Canyon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Lake Tanglewood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
      • Canyon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cleta
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Cleta is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleta
      • Umbarger
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ogg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Ogg is located in Randall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogg

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