Nearest Communities to West Point,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to West Point, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for West Point:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 starting from West Point.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
West Point 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 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Point. Of these communities, 44 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 West Point (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 West Point
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lynn County (where West Point resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lynn: Tahoka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Petty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Petty is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
- New Moore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Moore is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moore
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wells is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- New Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tahoka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Skeen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skeen is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Lynn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Lynn is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
- Draw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Draw is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
- Grassland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grassland is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Borden County
- County Website: https://www.co.borden.tx.us/
- County Seat for Borden: Gail
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plains is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Dawson County
- County Website: https://www.co.dawson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Dawson: Lamesa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Pride
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pride is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Grandview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Welch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- O'Donnell
(18 miles [29 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
- Punkin Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Punkin Center is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Hindman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hindman is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindman
- Arvana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arvana is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvana
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Mungerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mungerville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungerville
- Lamesa
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Gaines County
- County Website: https://www.co.gaines.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gaines: Seminole
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Ashmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashmore is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmore
- White City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Gaines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Loop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garza County
- County Website: https://www.garzacounty.net/
- County Seat for Garza: Post
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- Hackberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hackberry is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hockley County
- County Website: https://www.co.hockley.tx.us/
- County Seat for Hockley: Levelland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Ropesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lockettville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockettville is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
- Arnett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arnett is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
- Clauene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clauene is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clauene
- Smyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lubbock County
- County Website: https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Lubbock: Lubbock
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Slide
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Slide is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
- Woodrow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodrow is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
- Wolfforth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Doud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Doud is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doud
- Carlisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Hurlwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
- West Carlisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
- West End Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West End Place is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End Place
- Reese Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
- Burris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burris is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burris
- Posey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Posey is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Slaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lubbock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Terry County
- County Website: https://www.co.terry.tx.us/
- County Seat for Terry: Brownfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Brownfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Meadow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Foster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Lahey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lahey is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahey
- Adair
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Adair is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Gomez
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gomez is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Needmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Wellman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Johnson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Johnson is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Point) 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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