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Nearest Communities to Freedom,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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 Freedom.<1>

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

Freedom is located in Woods County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Woods County: Barber (KS), Comanche (KS), Alfalfa, Harper, Major & Woodward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Freedom. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Woods 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 Freedom (which is Woods 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 Freedom

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

  • Woods County   (where Freedom resides)
    • County Seat for Woods:   Alva
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Freedom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Freedom.
      • Edith
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
        • Edith is located in Woods County
      • Fairvalley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairvalley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvalley
        • Fairvalley is located in Woods County
      • Tegarden
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tegarden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tegarden
        • Tegarden is located in Woods County
      • Plainview
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
        • Plainview is located in Woods County
      • Haskew ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskew came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskew
        • Haskew is located in Woods County
      • Cora
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
        • Cora is located in Woods County
      • Avard
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avard
        • Avard is located in Woods County
      • Heman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heman
        • Heman is located in Woods County
      • Waynoka
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynoka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynoka
        • Waynoka is located in Woods County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynoka <5>
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Noel
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
          • Noel is located in Woods County
        • Winchester
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
          • Winchester is located in Woods County
        • Alva
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alva
          • Alva is located in Woods County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alva <5>
        • Hopeton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Brink
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brink have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
          • Brink is located in Woods County
        • Capron
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
          • Capron is located in Woods County
          • Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
  • Harper County
    • County Seat for Harper:   Buffalo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Freedom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Freedom.
      • Charleston ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charleston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
        • Charleston is located in Harper County
      • Selman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
        • Selman is located in Harper County
      • Buffalo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Major County
    • County Seat for Major:   Fairview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Freedom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Freedom.
      • Bouse Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bouse Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bouse Junction
        • Bouse Junction is located in Major County
      • Togo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Togo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
        • Togo is located in Major County
  • Woodward County
    • County Seat for Woodward:   Woodward
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Freedom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Freedom.
      • Belva
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belva
        • Belva is located in Woodward County
      • Quinlan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
        • Quinlan is located in Woodward County
      • Curtis
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
        • Curtis is located in Woodward County
      • Mooreland
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Alston
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
        • Alston is located in Woodward County
      • Woodward
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Supply
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gerlach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gerlach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlach
        • Gerlach is located in Woodward County
  • Barber County
    • County Seat for Barber:   Medicine Lodge (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Freedom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Freedom.
      • Aetna ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
        • Aetna is located in Barber County (KS)
      • Eldred ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldred have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
        • Eldred is located in Barber County (KS)
      • Hardtner
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche County

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 from Point A (ie- Freedom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freedom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7682, Longitude: -99.1131       In this case, the coordinates for Freedom 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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