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Nearest Communities to Sterling City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>

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

Sterling City is located in Sterling County and is the County Seat.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sterling County: Coke, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Mitchell, Reagan & Tom Green.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sterling City. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Sterling 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 Sterling City (which is Sterling 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 Sterling City

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

  • Sterling County   (where Sterling City resides)
    • County Seat for Sterling:   Sterling City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sterling City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sterling City.
      • Broome
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome
        • Broome is located in Sterling County
      • Iolanthe ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iolanthe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iolanthe
        • Iolanthe is located in Sterling County
  • Coke County
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sterling City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sterling City.
      • Edith
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
        • Edith is located in Coke County
      • Silver ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Robert Lee
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
  • Glasscock County
  • Howard County
    • County Seat for Howard:   Big Spring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sterling City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sterling City.
      • Otis Chalk ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis Chalk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Chalk
        • Otis Chalk is located in Howard County
      • Ross City ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ross City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross City
        • Ross City is located in Howard County
      • Forsan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forsan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsan
        • Forsan is located in Howard County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsan <4>
  • Irion County
    • County Seat for Irion:   Mertzon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sterling City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sterling City.
      • Old Freitag Place
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Freitag Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Freitag Place
        • Old Freitag Place is located in Irion County
      • Old Burk Place
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Burk Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Burk Place
        • Old Burk Place is located in Irion County
      • Arden ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
        • Arden is located in Irion County
  • Mitchell County
    • County Seat for Mitchell:   Colorado City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sterling City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sterling City.
      • Hyman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyman
        • Hyman is located in Mitchell County
      • Pecan Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Crossing
        • Pecan Crossing is located in Mitchell County
      • Lowe
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
        • Lowe is located in Mitchell County
      • Spade
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
        • Spade is located in Mitchell County
  • Tom Green County
    • County Website:   www.co.titus.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Tom Green:   San Angelo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sterling City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sterling City.
      • Water Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
        • Water Valley is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <4>
      • Carlsbad
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlsbad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
        • Carlsbad is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <4>

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- Sterling City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sterling City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8391, Longitude: -100.9860       In this case, the coordinates for Sterling City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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