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Nearest Communities to Rolla,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Rolla.<1>

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

Rolla 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 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rolla. Of these communities, 22 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 Rolla (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 Rolla

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

  • Morton County   (where Rolla resides)
    • County Website:   www.mtcoks.com/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Elkhart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rolla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rolla.
      • Wilburton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • 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
      • Richfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
        • Richfield is located in Morton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Elkhart
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • 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 Rolla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rolla.
      • Platt City ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 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
      • Julian
        (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Stevens County
    • County Seat for Stevens:   Hugoton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rolla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rolla.
      • Hugoton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugoton
        • Hugoton is located in Stevens County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,678 people
        • Former name for Hugoton:
        • Hugo
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugoton <4>
      • Moscow
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
        • Moscow is located in Stevens County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
        • Former name for Moscow:
        • Mosco
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <4>
      • Woods
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
        • Woods is located in Stevens County
  • Baca County
  • Cimarron County
  • Texas County
    • County Seat for Texas:   Guymon (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rolla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rolla.
      • Hough
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • 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)
      • Hovey
        (17 miles [27.4 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)
      • Straight
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight
        • Straight is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Mouser
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mouser have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouser
        • Mouser is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Muncy
        (21 miles [33.8 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)
      • Midway
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • 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 Texas County (OK)
      • Libbey
        (22 miles [35.4 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)
      • Unity
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
        • Unity is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Eva
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eva
        • Eva is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Hooker
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
        • Hooker is located in Texas County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,843 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hooker <4>
      • Panoma
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panoma
        • Panoma is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Optima
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Optima have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optima
        • Optima is located in Texas County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
      • Doolin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doolin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolin
        • Doolin is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Guymon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guymon
        • Guymon is located in Texas County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,010 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guymon <4>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rolla) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rolla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1180, Longitude: -101.6318       In this case, the coordinates for Rolla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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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