Nearest Communities to Welch,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Welch, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Welch:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 from Welch.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Welch is located in Dawson County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dawson County: Andrews, Borden, Gaines, Howard, Lynn, Martin & Terry.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Welch. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Dawson 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 Welch (which is Dawson 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 Welch
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Dawson County (where Welch resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.dawson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Dawson: Lamesa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Welch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Welch.
- Pride
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pride is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Punkin Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Punkin Center is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Mungerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mungerville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungerville
- Hindman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hindman is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindman
- Arvana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arvana is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvana
- Sand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sand is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand
- Lamesa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamesa is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamesa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,131 people
- Lamesa has also been known as:
- La Mesa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamesa <3>
- O'Donnell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Los Ybanez
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Los Ybanez is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ybanez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
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- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Key
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Key is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Fivemile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fivemile is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Tenmile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Patricia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Patricia is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricia
- Klondike
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Klondike is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Sparenberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sparenberg is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparenberg
- Borden County
- County Website: https://www.co.borden.tx.us/
- County Seat for Borden: Gail
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Welch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Welch.
- Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plains is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Mesquite ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mesquite is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
- Gaines County
- County Website: https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gaines: Seminole
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Welch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Welch.
- Ashmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashmore is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
- White City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Loop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Seagraves
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lynn County
- County Website: https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lynn: Tahoka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Welch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Welch.
- New Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Moore is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moore
- Wells
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Point is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Skeen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Skeen is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen
- Tahoka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Petty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Petty is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
- Draw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Draw is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
- Lakeview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- New Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Terry County
- County Website: https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
- County Seat for Terry: Brownfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Welch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Welch.
- Adair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adair is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Foster is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Lahey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lahey is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahey
- Brownfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wellman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Meadow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Johnson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Needmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Welch) 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. |