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Nearest Communities to Fowler,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Fowler.<1>

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

Fowler is located in Meade County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Meade County: Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Seward & Beaver (OK).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fowler. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Meade 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 Fowler (which is Meade 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 Fowler

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

  • Meade County   (where Fowler resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.meadeco.org/
    • County Seat for Meade:   Meade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fowler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fowler.
      • Meade
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Meade is located in Meade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
        • Meade has also been known as:
        • Meade City
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <3>
      • Missler
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Missler is located in Meade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missler
      • Collano
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Collano is located in Meade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collano
      • Hobart
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Hobart is located in Meade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
      • Plains
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Clark County
  • Ford County
    • County Website:   https://www.fordcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Ford:   Dodge City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fowler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fowler.
      • Bloom
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bloom is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Sayre
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Sayre is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
      • Kingsdown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Kingsdown is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdown
      • Sears
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Sears is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
      • South Dodge
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • South Dodge is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dodge
      • Howell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Howell is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Fort Dodge
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Fort Dodge is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dodge
      • Wilroads Gardens
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilroads Gardens is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads Gardens
      • Wilroads
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilroads is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads
      • Dodge City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.grayco.org/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Cimarron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fowler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fowler.
      • Ensign
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Ensign is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
      • Haggard
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Haggard is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggard
      • Montezuma
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Copeland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wettick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Wettick is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wettick
      • Cimarron
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Haskell County
  • Seward County

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 from Point A (ie- Fowler) 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.