Nearest Communities to Wilsey,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wilsey, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wilsey:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 from Wilsey.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wilsey is located in Parmer County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Parmer County: Curry (NM), Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith & Lamb.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wilsey. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Parmer 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 Wilsey (which is Parmer 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 Wilsey
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Parmer County (where Wilsey resides)
- County Website: https://parmercounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Parmer: Farwell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsey.
- Oklahoma Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma Lane is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Lane
- Bovina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lariat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lariat is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat
- Parmerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parmerton is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmerton
- Hub
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hub is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Clays Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clays Corner is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Rhea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rhea is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea
- Friona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lazbuddie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Black
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
- Bailey County
- County Website: https://www.co.bailey.tx.us/
- County Seat for Bailey: Muleshoe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsey.
- Progress
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Muleshoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Baileyboro is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyboro
- Stegall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stegall is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Castro County
- County Website: https://www.co.castro.tx.us/
- County Seat for Castro: Dimmitt
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsey.
- Tam Anne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tam Anne is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tam Anne
- Big Square
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Big Square is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
- Dodd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dodd is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
- Deaf Smith County
- County Website: https://www.co.deaf-smith.tx.us/
- County Seat for Deaf Smith: Hereford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- Bootleg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bootleg is located in Deaf Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootleg
- Lamb County
- County Website: https://www.co.lamb.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lamb: Littlefield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- Pleasant Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Curry County
- County Website: https://www.currycountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsey.
- Texico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clovis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Claud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claud is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Gallaher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gallaher is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallaher
- Portair
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Portair is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portair
- Ranchvale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ranchvale is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchvale
- Hollene ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hollene is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollene
- Grier ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grier is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier
- Bellview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bellview is located in Curry County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Broadview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Vrain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Roosevelt County
- County Website: https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Portales (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wilsey ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsey.
- Cameo ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cameo is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Arch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arch is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
- Eiland ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eiland is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eiland
- Portales
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
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- Wilsey) 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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