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Nearest Communities to Sundown,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Sundown.<1>

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

Sundown is located in Hockley County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hockley County: Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry & Yoakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sundown. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Hockley 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 Sundown (which is Hockley 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 Sundown

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

  • Hockley County   (where Sundown resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hockley:   Levelland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sundown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sundown.
      • Clauene
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Clauene is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clauene
      • Coble
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Coble is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble
      • Lockettville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
      • Arnett
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Arnett is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
      • Levelland
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Opdyke West
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Opdyke
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Opdyke is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke
      • Pettit
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Pettit is located in Hockley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
      • Ropesville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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        • Smyer
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Whitharral
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Oklahoma Flat
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Oklahoma Flat is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Flat
        • Pep
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Anton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Anton is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anton <3>
        • Roundup
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Roundup is located in Hockley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
  • Cochran County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cochran.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Cochran:   Morton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sundown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sundown.
      • Girlstown USA
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Girlstown USA is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlstown USA
      • Whiteface
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lehman
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lehman is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman
      • Morton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Famuliner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Famuliner is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famuliner
      • Star Route
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Star Route is located in Cochran County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
  • Lamb County
  • Lubbock County
    • County Website:   https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Lubbock:   Lubbock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sundown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sundown.
      • Hurlwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
      • Wolfforth
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Reese Village
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
      • Carlisle
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • West Carlisle
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • West Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
  • Lynn County
  • Terry County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Terry:   Brownfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sundown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sundown.
      • Needmore
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Needmore is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
      • Johnson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Johnson is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Meadow
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Gomez
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Gomez is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
      • Tokio ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Brownfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lahey
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Lahey is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahey
      • Wellman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Foster
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Foster is located in Terry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
  • Yoakum County

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- Sundown) 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.