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Nearest Communities to Springlake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast 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 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 east 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.

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

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


Springlake is located in Lamb County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lamb County: Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, Parmer & Swisher.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Springlake. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Lamb 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 Springlake (which is Lamb 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 Springlake

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

  • Lamb County   (where Springlake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lamb:   Littlefield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Springlake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Springlake.
      • Circle
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Circle is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
      • Earth
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Olton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Fieldton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cofferville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Cofferville is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
      • Pleasant Valley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Amherst
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Hart Camp ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
      • Sudan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Corry
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Corry is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
      • Littlefield
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Spade
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Spade is located in Lamb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Friendship
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Friendship is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
        • Beck
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Beck is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck
        • Bainer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Bainer is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainer
        • Lums Chapel
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Lums Chapel is located in Lamb County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lums Chapel
  • Bailey County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Bailey:   Muleshoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Springlake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Springlake.
      • Fairview
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Fairview is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Circleback
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Circleback is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
      • Muleshoe
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Needmore
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Needmore is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Progress
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Progress is located in Bailey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
      • Bula
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Castro County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Castro:   Dimmitt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Springlake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Springlake.
      • Sunnyside
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Sunnyside is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Dodd
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Dodd is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
      • Big Square
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Big Square is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
      • Flagg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Flagg is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
      • Hart
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hart is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <3>
      • Hilburn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hilburn is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilburn
      • Mulkey
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Mulkey is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey
      • Roy
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Roy is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Dimmitt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tam Anne
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Tam Anne is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tam Anne
      • Nazareth
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Easter
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Easter is located in Castro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
  • Hale County
    • County Website:   https://www.halecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Hale:   Plainview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Springlake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Springlake.
      • Mayfield
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Mayfield is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
      • Halfway
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Halfway is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Edmonson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cotton Center
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Cotton Center is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
      • Hale City ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Hale City is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale City
      • Wright
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Wright is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Boone
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Boone is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Hale Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Six Point
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Six Point is located in Hale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
  • Hockley County
  • Parmer County
  • Swisher County

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 from Point A (ie- Springlake) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.