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Nearest Communities to Lake City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 south.

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 south 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 Lake City.<1>

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

Lake City is located in Barber County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barber County: Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Alfalfa (OK) & Woods (OK).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lake City. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Barber 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 Lake City (which is Barber 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 Lake City

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

  • Barber County   (where Lake City resides)
    • County Seat for Barber:   Medicine Lodge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lake City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lake City.
      • Forest City ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
        • Forest City is located in Barber County
      • Sun City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
        • Sun City is located in Barber County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <4>
      • Mingona
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mingona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
        • Mingona is located in Barber County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Mingona
        • From Lake City to Mingona
      • Elm Mills
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
        • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
      • Deerhead
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deerhead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
        • Deerhead is located in Barber County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Deerhead
        • From Lake City to Deerhead
      • Medicine Lodge
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Isabel
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
        • Isabel is located in Barber County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
      • Pixley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pixley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
        • Pixley is located in Barber County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Pixley
        • From Lake City to Pixley
      • Gerlane
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gerlane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
        • Gerlane is located in Barber County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Gerlane
        • From Lake City to Gerlane
      • Aetna ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Eldred ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eldred. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
        • Eldred is located in Barber County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Eldred
        • From Lake City to Eldred
      • Sharon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
        • Sharon is located in Barber County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
        • Former name for Sharon:
        • Bible Valley
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Comanche County
  • Harper County
  • Kingman County
    • County Seat for Kingman:   Kingman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lake City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lake City.
      • Nashville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Saint Leo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Leo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Saint Leo is located in Kingman County
      • Cunningham
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
        • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
      • Skellyville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skellyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skellyville
        • Skellyville is located in Kingman County
      • Willowdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Zenda
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
        • Zenda is located in Kingman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <4>
  • Kiowa County
  • Pratt County
    • County Website:   www.prattcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Pratt:   Pratt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lake City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lake City.
      • Coats
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
        • Coats is located in Pratt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
      • Sawyer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Springvale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
        • Springvale is located in Pratt County
        • Springvale has also been known as:
        • Springdale
      • Croft
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
        • Croft is located in Pratt County
      • Cullison
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Pratt
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Waldeck
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldeck have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
        • Waldeck is located in Pratt County
      • Cairo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Iuka
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iuka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
        • Iuka is located in Pratt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Natrona
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Natrona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
        • Natrona is located in Pratt County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Natrona
        • From Lake City to Natrona
      • Byers
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
        • Byers is located in Pratt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Woods 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3547, Longitude: -98.8204    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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