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Nearest Communities to Ford,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.<1>

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

Ford is located in Ford County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ford County: Clark, Edwards, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa & Meade.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ford. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Ford 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 Ford (which is Ford 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 Ford

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

  • Ford County   (where Ford resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.fordcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Ford:   Dodge City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ford.
      • Kingsdown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Kingsdown is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdown
      • Bucklin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilroads
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilroads is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads
      • Windhorst
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Windhorst is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst
      • Fort Dodge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Dodge is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dodge
      • Wilroads Gardens
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilroads Gardens is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads Gardens
      • Windthorst
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Windthorst is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windthorst
      • Wright
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Wright is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Bloom
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Bloom is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Spearville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Spearville is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
      • Dodge City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Dodge
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • South Dodge is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dodge
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Bellefont
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Bellefont is located in Ford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefont
        • Sears
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Sears is located in Ford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
        • Sayre
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Sayre is located in Ford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
        • Howell
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Howell is located in Ford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
  • Clark County
  • Edwards County
    • County Website:   https://www.edwardscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Edwards:   Kinsley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ford.
      • Offerle
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Offerle is located in Edwards County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Ardell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Ardell is located in Edwards County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
      • Hodges
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Hodges is located in Edwards County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
      • Williams ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Williams is located in Edwards County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Kinsley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerview
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Centerview is located in Edwards County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.grayco.org/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Cimarron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ford.
      • Ensign
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Ensign is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
      • Haggard
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Haggard is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggard
      • Wettick
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Wettick is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wettick
  • Hodgeman County
  • Kiowa County
  • Meade County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ford) 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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