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Nearest Communities to Richfield,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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.

Richfield is located in Morton County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morton County: Baca (CO), Stanton, Stevens, Cimarron (OK) & Texas (OK).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Richfield. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Morton 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 Richfield (which is Morton 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 Richfield

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

  • Morton County   (where Richfield resides)
    • County Website:   www.mtcoks.com/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Elkhart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richfield.
      • Wilburton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilburton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburton
        • Wilburton is located in Morton County
      • Rolla
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolla have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
        • Rolla is located in Morton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
      • Elkhart
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart
        • Elkhart is located in Morton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,727 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhart <4>
  • Grant County
  • Stanton County
    • County Seat for Stanton:   Johnson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richfield.
      • Platt City ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Platt City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt City
        • Platt City is located in Stanton County
        • Platt City has also been known as:
        • Platt
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Platt City
        • From Richfield to Platt City
      • Manter
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manter
        • Manter is located in Stanton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manter <4>
      • Saunders
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saunders have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
        • Saunders is located in Stanton County
      • Johnson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Julian
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Julian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
        • Julian is located in Stanton County
      • Big Bow
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevens County
  • Baca County
    • County Seat for Baca:   Springfield (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richfield.
      • Bartlett
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartlett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
        • Bartlett is located in Baca County (CO)
      • Stonington
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Midway
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Midway is located in Baca County (CO)
      • Buckeye Crossroads
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye Crossroads
        • Buckeye Crossroads is located in Baca County (CO)
      • Walsh
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walsh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
        • Walsh is located in Baca County (CO)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walsh <4>
      • Minneapolis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cimarron County
  • Texas County
    • County Seat for Texas:   Guymon (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richfield.
      • Libbey
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Libbey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libbey
        • Libbey is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Hovey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hovey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
        • Hovey is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Hough
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hough have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough
        • Hough is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Muncy
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muncy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
        • Muncy is located in Texas County (OK)

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- Richfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2664, Longitude: -101.7828    
<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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