Nearest Communities to Washburn,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Washburn, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Washburn:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 from Washburn.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Washburn is located in Armstrong County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Armstrong County: Briscoe, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall & Swisher.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Washburn. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Armstrong 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 Washburn (which is Armstrong 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 Washburn
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Armstrong County (where Washburn resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.armstrong.tx.us/
- County Seat for Armstrong: Claude
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Claude
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Malden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Malden is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Goodnight
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carson County
- County Website: https://www.co.carson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Carson: Panhandle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Yarnall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yarnall is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnall
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Conway is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Masterson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Masterson is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
- Abell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abell is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Panhandle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lark
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lark is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Pomeroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pomeroy is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
- Cuyler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cuyler is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyler
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- McBride
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McBride is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Wilhelm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wilhelm is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm
- Groom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Deal is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
- White Deer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillard is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillard
- Potter County
- County Website: https://www.co.potter.tx.us/
- County Seat for Potter: Amarillo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Saint Francis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
- Pullman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pullman is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Folsom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Mayer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayer is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
- Dumas Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dumas Junction is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas Junction
- Amarillo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Juilliard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Juilliard is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juilliard
- Gluck
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gluck is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluck
- Soncy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chunky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chunky is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
- Cliffside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cliffside is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Bishop Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Puente
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Puente is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puente
- Gentry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gentry is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Bushland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Randall County
- County Website: https://www.randallcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Randall: Canyon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Lake Tanglewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
- Palisades
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palisades is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Timbercreek Canyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Zita
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zita is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zita
- Canyon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cleta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cleta is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleta
- Ogg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogg is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogg
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- Washburn) 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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