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Nearest Communities to Verbena,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 starting from Verbena.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Verbena is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Garza County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garza County: Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn & Scurry.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Verbena. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Garza County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Verbena (which is Garza 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 Verbena

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

  • Garza County   (where Verbena resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.garzacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Garza:   Post
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Verbena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Verbena.
      • Augustus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Augustus is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustus
      • Post
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Post is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post <4>
      • Justiceburg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Buenos
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Buenos is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos
      • Graham
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Graham is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Close City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Close City is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
        • Close City has also been known as:
        • Ragtown
      • Pleasant Valley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Pleasant Valley is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Hackberry
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Hackberry is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Southland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Southland is also located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
  • Crosby County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.crosby.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Crosby:   Crosbyton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Verbena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Verbena.
      • Kalgary
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Kalgary is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalgary
      • Canyon Valley ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Canyon Valley was located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Valley
      • Cap Rock
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
      • Owens
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Owens is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
      • Crosbyton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Savage ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Savage was located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
      • Robertson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Robertson is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
      • Ralls
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Broadway
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Broadway is located in Crosby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
  • Dickens County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.dickens.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Dickens:   Dickens
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Verbena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Verbena.
      • Red Mud
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Red Mud is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mud
      • Spur
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Spur is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spur <4>
      • Steele Hill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Steele Hill is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Hill
      • Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Soldiers Mound was located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
      • Gilpin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Gilpin is located in Dickens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
  • Kent County
  • Lubbock County
  • Lynn County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lynn:   Tahoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Verbena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Verbena.
      • Grassland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Grassland is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
      • New Lynn ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • New Lynn was located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
      • Wilson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Scurry County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Verbena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Verbena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.