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Nearest Communities to Vesrue,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 starting from Vesrue.<1>

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

Vesrue is located in Winkler County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Winkler County: Lea (NM), Andrews, Ector, Loving & Ward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vesrue. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Winkler 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 Vesrue (which is Winkler 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 Vesrue

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

  • Winkler County   (where Vesrue resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.winkler.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Winkler:   Kermit
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vesrue   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vesrue.
      • Magwalt
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Magwalt is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magwalt
      • Cheyenne
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
      • Kermit
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wink
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Wink is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <3>
      • Cowden Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Cowden Place is located in Winkler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Place
  • Andrews County
  • Ector County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ector.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Ector:   Odessa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vesrue   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vesrue.
      • Notrees
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Turnbaugh Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Turnbaugh Corner is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbaugh Corner
      • Goldsmith
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Judkins
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Judkins is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
      • Metz
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Metz is located in Ector County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
  • Loving County
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Monahans
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vesrue   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vesrue.
      • Three Corner Windmill
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Wickett
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pyote
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Monahans
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Thorntonville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Thorntonville is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorntonville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Lea County
    • County Website:   https://www.leacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Lea:   Lovington (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vesrue   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vesrue.
      • Bennett ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Bennett is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
      • Jal
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Jal is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jal <3>
      • Andrews Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Andrews Place is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews Place
      • Medlin Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Medlin Place is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlin Place
      • Baird Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Baird Place is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird Place
      • Teague
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Teague is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Ochoa ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ochoa is located in Lea County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochoa
  • Otero 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- Vesrue) 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.