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Nearest Communities to Franks,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Franks.<1>

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

Franks is located in Pontotoc County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pontotoc County: Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pottawatomie & Seminole.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 101 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Franks. Of these communities, 66 are located in counties other than Pontotoc 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 Franks (which is Pontotoc 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 Franks

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

  • Pontotoc County   (where Franks resides)
    • County Seat for Pontotoc:   Ada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franks.
      • Fittstown
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Harden City
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Harden City is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harden City
      • Frisco
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Frisco is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
      • Jesse
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Union Valley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Union Valley is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
      • Coil
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Coil is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coil
      • Stonewall
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fitzhugh
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lawrence
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Lawrence is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Ahloso
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Latta
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Latta is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latta
      • Ada
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Roff
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Roff is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roff
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roff <3>
        • Homer
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Leader
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Leader is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
        • Lula
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Happyland
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Happyland is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happyland
        • Hird
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Hird is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hird
        • Pickett
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Pickett is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
        • Oakman
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Jaydee
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Jaydee is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaydee
        • Dolberg
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Dolberg is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolberg
        • Center
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Center is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
        • Union Hill
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Union Hill is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
        • Byng
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Byng is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byng
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
        • Steedman
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Steedman is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
        • Hart
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Hart is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
        • Vanoss
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Vanoss is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanoss
        • Francis
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Bebee
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Gaar Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Gaar Corner is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaar Corner
        • Tyrola
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Tyrola is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrola
        • Oil Center
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Allen
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Maxwell
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Maxwell is located in Pontotoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Atoka County
    • County Seat for Atoka:   Atoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franks.
      • Wilson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Wilson is located in Atoka County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Hopewell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hopewell is located in Atoka County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Carter County
  • Coal County
  • Garvin County
  • Hughes County
  • Johnston County
  • McClain County
  • Murray County
    • County Seat for Murray:   Sulphur
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franks.
      • Denny
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Denny is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
      • Winrock Farms
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Winrock Farms is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock Farms
      • Hickory
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Hickory is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
      • Scullin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Scullin is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullin
      • Oak Grove
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Oak Grove is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Sulphur
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Drake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Drake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
      • Iona
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Iona is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
      • Nebo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Nebo is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
      • Chigley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Chigley is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigley
      • Dougherty
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Crusher
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Rayford
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Rayford is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayford
        • Joy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Joy is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
        • Washita
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Falls Creek Assembly
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Falls Creek Assembly is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek Assembly
        • Jollyville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Jollyville is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
        • Cedar Village
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Cedar Village is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
  • Pottawatomie County
  • Seminole County

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- Franks) 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.