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Nearest Communities to Babbs,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Babbs is located in Kiowa County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kiowa County: Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Tillman & Washita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Babbs. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Kiowa 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 Babbs (which is Kiowa 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 Babbs

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

  • Kiowa County   (where Babbs resides)
    • County Website:   https://kiowacountyok.us/
    • County Seat for Kiowa:   Hobart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Babbs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Babbs.
      • Hobart
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Komalty
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Komalty is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komalty
      • Roosevelt
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Cold Springs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Cold Springs is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
      • Lone Wolf
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cambridge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Cambridge is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Cooperton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Cooperton is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Lugert ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
      • Gotebo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Centerville is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Sedan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Sedan is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
      • Svoboda
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Svoboda is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svoboda
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Mountain Park
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Mountain View
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Lige
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Lige is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lige
        • Snyder
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Odetta
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Odetta is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odetta
  • Beckham County
  • Caddo County
  • Comanche County
  • Greer County
    • County Website:   https://greer.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Greer:   Mangum
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Babbs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Babbs.
      • City View
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • City View is located in Greer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
      • Granite
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Lake Creek
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Lake Creek is located in Greer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
      • Hester
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Hester is located in Greer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
      • Mangum
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brinkman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Brinkman is located in Greer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkman
      • Willow
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County
    • County Website:   http://www.jacksoncountyok.com/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Altus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Babbs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Babbs.
      • Warren
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Warren is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Blair
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Friendship
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Friendship is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Headrick
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ozark
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Ozark is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
      • Hightower
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hightower is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
      • Martha
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Altus
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Altus is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <3>
      • Welon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Welon is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welon
      • Humphreys
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Humphreys is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
      • Victory
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Victory is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Tillman County
  • Washita County
    • County Seat for Washita:   New Cordell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Babbs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Babbs.
      • Rocky
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Rainy ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Rainy is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
      • Sentinel
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Valley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Lake Valley is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
      • Old Retrop
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Old Retrop is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Retrop
      • Port
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Port is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port
      • Dill City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • New Cordell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • New Cordell is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cordell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,708 people
        • New Cordell has also been known as:
        • Cordell
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cordell <3>
      • Cloud Chief
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Cloud Chief is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Chief
      • Burns Flat
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cowden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cowden is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
      • Braithwaite
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Braithwaite is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braithwaite
      • Bessie
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cowden Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cowden Junction is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Junction

Footnotes ...

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