Nearest Communities to Thorntonville,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Thorntonville, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Thorntonville:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Thorntonville.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Thorntonville is located in Ward County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ward County: Crane, Ector, Loving, Pecos, Reeves & Winkler.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Thorntonville. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Ward 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 Thorntonville (which is Ward 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 Thorntonville
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Ward County (where Thorntonville resides)
- County Seat for Ward: Monahans
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Ward County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Ward County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Ward County
- Nearest Communities to Thorntonville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Thorntonville.
- Monahans
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahans
- Monahans is located in Ward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monahans <3>
- Wickett
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wickett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickett
- Wickett is located in Ward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wickett <3>
- Three Corner Windmill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Corner Windmill
- Three Corner Windmill is located in Ward County
- Pyote
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyote
- Pyote is located in Ward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pyote <3>
- Royalty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalty
- Royalty is located in Ward County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royalty <3>
- Grandfalls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandfalls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfalls
- Grandfalls is located in Ward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandfalls <3>
- Barstow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barstow
- Barstow is located in Ward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barstow <3>
- Crane County
- County Seat for Crane: Crane
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Crane County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Crane County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Crane County
- Nearest Communities to Thorntonville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Thorntonville.
- Horsehead Crossing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horsehead Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead Crossing
- Horsehead Crossing is located in Crane County
- Tubbs Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tubbs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tubbs Corner
- Tubbs Corner is located in Crane County
- Ector County
- County Website: www.co.ector.tx.us/
- County Seat for Ector: Odessa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Ector County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Ector County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Ector County
- Nearest Communities to Thorntonville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Thorntonville.
- Metz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Judkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
- Judkins is located in Ector County
- Badger ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Penwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penwell
- Penwell is located in Ector County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penwell <3>
- Notrees
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notrees have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notrees
- Notrees is located in Ector County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notrees <3>
- Douro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - West Odessa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Odessa
- West Odessa is located in Ector County
- Pecos County
- County Website: www.co.pecos.tx.us/
- County Seat for Pecos: Fort Stockton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Pecos County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Pecos County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Pecos County
- Nearest Communities to Thorntonville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Thorntonville.
- Coyanosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyanosa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyanosa
- Coyanosa is located in Pecos County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coyanosa <3>
- Imperial
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
- Imperial is located in Pecos County
- Imperial has also been known as:
- Imperial Colonia
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial <3>
- Abell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abell City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell City
- Abell City is located in Pecos County
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Pecos County
- Winkler County
- County Website: www.co.winkler.tx.us/
- County Seat for Winkler: Kermit
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Winkler County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Winkler County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Winkler County
- Nearest Communities to Thorntonville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Thorntonville.
- Cowden Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowden Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Place
- Cowden Place is located in Winkler County
- Wink
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
- Wink is located in Winkler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <3>
- Cheyenne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
- Kermit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Kermit is located in Winkler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,367 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <3>
- Vesrue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Magwalt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
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- Thorntonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thorntonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5788, Longitude: -102.9220 In this case, the coordinates for Thorntonville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |