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Nearest Communities to Wilson,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wilson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wilson:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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 Wilson.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Wilson 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 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wilson. Of these communities, 46 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 Wilson (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 Wilson

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Lynn County   (where Wilson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lynn.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Lynn:   Tahoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilson.
      • Wayside ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Wayside is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • New Lynn ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
      • New Home
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Tahoka
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Grassland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Petty
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Petty is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
      • Skeen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Skeen is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeen
      • Lakeview
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Lakeview is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Draw
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • West Point
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • West Point is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • Wells
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Wells is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • New Moore
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • New Moore is located in Lynn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moore
  • Borden County
  • Crosby County
  • Dawson County
  • Garza County
    • County Website:   https://www.garzacounty.net/
    • County Seat for Garza:   Post
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilson.
      • Hackberry
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Hackberry is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Southland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Buenos
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Buenos is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos
      • Pleasant Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Close City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Graham
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Graham is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Post
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Augustus
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Augustus is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustus
      • Verbena ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Verbena is located in Garza County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
  • Hockley County
  • Lubbock County
    • County Website:   https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Lubbock:   Lubbock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilson.
      • Union
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Union is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Slaton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Posey
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodrow
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodrow is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Slide
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo Springs
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Burris
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Burris is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burris
      • Ransom Canyon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Midway
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Canyon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Roosevelt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Roosevelt is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
      • Acuff
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Acuff is located in Lubbock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acuff
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Lubbock
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Doud
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Doud is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doud
        • Wolfforth
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • West End Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • West End Place is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End Place
        • Kitalou
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Carlisle
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
        • West Carlisle
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • West Carlisle is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
        • Idalou
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Broadview
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Broadview is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
        • Liberty
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Liberty is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
        • Hurlwood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
        • Reese Village
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
        • New Deal
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • New Deal is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
        • Shallowater
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Heckville ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
  • Terry County

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wilson) 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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