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Nearest Communities to Sunray,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Sunray is located in Moore County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Moore County: Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Oldham, Potter & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sunray. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Moore 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 Sunray (which is Moore 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 Sunray

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

  • Moore County   (where Sunray resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.moore.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Moore:   Dumas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sunray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sunray.
      • Sheerin Junction
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Sheerin Junction is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin Junction
      • Sheerin
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sheerin is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheerin
      • Bryden
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Bryden is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryden
      • Etter
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Etter is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
      • Capps Switch
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Capps Switch is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Switch
      • Machovec
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Machovec is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machovec
      • Cactus
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Dumas
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Stallwitz Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Stallwitz Lake is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallwitz Lake
      • Four Way
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Four Way is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Way
      • Bautista
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Bautista is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bautista
      • Middlewell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Middlewell is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlewell
      • Masterson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Masterson is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
      • Exell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Exell is located in Moore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exell
  • Dallam County
  • Hansford County
  • Hartley County
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hutchinson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Stinnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sunray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sunray.
      • Morse Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Morse Junction is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Junction
      • Pringle
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Oil City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Stinnett
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sanford
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dial
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Dial is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
      • Fritch
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>
      • Stekoll Camp
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Stekoll Camp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stekoll Camp
  • Sherman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sherman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Sherman:   Stratford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sunray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sunray.
      • Lautz
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Lautz is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lautz
      • Brickel
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Brickel is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickel
      • Stratford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stevens
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Stevens is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens

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- Sunray) 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.