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Nearest Communities to Twin Mountains,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Twin Mountains.<1>

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

Twin Mountains is located in Young County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Young County: Archer, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens & Throckmorton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Twin Mountains. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Young 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 Twin Mountains (which is Young 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 Twin Mountains

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

  • Young County   (where Twin Mountains resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.young.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Young:   Graham
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Twin Mountains   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Twin Mountains.
      • Graham
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Bunger
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Bunger is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunger
      • Old Caseyville Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Red Top
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Red Top is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
      • South Bend
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Loving
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Newcastle
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jean
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jean is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean
      • True
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • True is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
      • Eliasville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Eliasville is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
      • Farmer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Farmer is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Proffitt
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Proffitt is located in Young County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffitt
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Markley
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Markley is located in Young County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markley
        • Murray
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Murray is located in Young County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
        • Proffitt Crossing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Proffitt Crossing is located in Young County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffitt Crossing
        • Olney
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Padgett
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Padgett is located in Young County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
  • Archer County
  • Jack County
    • County Website:   https://www.jackcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Jack:   Jacksboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Twin Mountains   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Twin Mountains.
      • Bryson
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bob Town
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Bob Town is located in Jack County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Town
      • Jermyn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Senate
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Senate is located in Jack County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senate
      • Bartons Chapel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Bartons Chapel is located in Jack County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartons Chapel
      • Squaw Mountain
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Squaw Mountain is located in Jack County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Mountain
      • Jacksboro
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Antelope
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Antelope is located in Jack County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
      • Oakland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Oakland is located in Jack County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Perrin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Palo Pinto County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.palo-pinto.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Palo Pinto:   Palo Pinto
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Twin Mountains   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Twin Mountains.
      • Graford
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Brad
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Brad is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brad
      • Oran
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Oran is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
      • Metcalf Gap
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Metcalf Gap is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Gap
      • Coronados Camp
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Coronados Camp is located in Palo Pinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronados Camp
      • Palo Pinto
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Stephens County
  • Throckmorton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Twin Mountains) 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.
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