Nearest Communities to Wells,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wells, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wells:
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 Wells.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wells is located in Lynn County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lynn County: Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock & Terry.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wells. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Lynn 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 Wells (which is Lynn 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 Wells
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lynn County (where Wells resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lynn: Tahoka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- New Moore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Moore is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moore
- Skeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Skeen is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen
- Tahoka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Draw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Draw is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
- Petty
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Petty is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
- New Lynn ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Lynn is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
- Grassland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grassland is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- New Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Lakeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Borden County
- County Website: https://www.co.borden.tx.us/
- County Seat for Borden: Gail
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plains is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Mesquite ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mesquite is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
- Dawson County
- County Website: https://www.co.dawson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Dawson: Lamesa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- O'Donnell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Hindman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hindman is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindman
- Pride
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pride is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Punkin Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Punkin Center is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Welch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arvana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arvana is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvana
- Hancock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Lamesa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Mungerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mungerville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungerville
- Los Ybanez
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Los Ybanez is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ybanez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Key
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Key is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
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- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Sand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand
- Fivemile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fivemile is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Tenmile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tenmile is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
- Sparenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sparenberg is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparenberg
- Gaines County
- County Website: https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gaines: Seminole
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- Ashmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ashmore is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
- White City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Loop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garza County
- County Website: https://www.garzacounty.net/
- County Seat for Garza: Post
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Hackberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hackberry is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Close City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Close City is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
- Close City has also been known as:
- Ragtown
- Pleasant Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hockley County
- Lubbock County
- County Website: https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Lubbock: Lubbock
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- Slide
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Slide is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Woodrow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodrow is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
- Terry County
- County Website: https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
- County Seat for Terry: Brownfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wells.
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Adair
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Adair is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Foster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Brownfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lahey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lahey is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahey
- Meadow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gomez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gomez is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Wellman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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- Wells) 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. |