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Nearest Communities to Headrick,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Headrick is located in Jackson County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Tillman, Hardeman (TX) & Wilbarger (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Headrick. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Jackson 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 Headrick (which is Jackson 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 Headrick

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

  • Jackson County   (where Headrick resides)
    • County Website:   http://www.jacksoncountyok.com/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Altus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Headrick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Headrick.
      • Ozark
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Ozark is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
      • Hightower
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Hightower is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
      • Friendship
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Friendship is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Humphreys
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Altus
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Warren
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Warren is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Welon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Welon is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welon
      • Hess
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Blair
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Blair is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <3>
      • Martha
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elmer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Elmer is also located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmer <3>
      • Olustee
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Victory
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Marty
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Marty is also located in Jackson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
        • Prairie Hill
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Prairie Hill is also located in Jackson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
        • Creata
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Creata is also located in Jackson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creata
        • Creta
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Creta is also located in Jackson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creta
        • Duke
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • East Duke
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • East Duke is also located in Jackson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Duke
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
        • Eldorado
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Comanche County
  • Greer County
  • Kiowa County
    • County Website:   https://kiowacountyok.us/
    • County Seat for Kiowa:   Hobart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Headrick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Headrick.
      • Lige
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Lige is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lige
      • Centerville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Centerville is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Snyder
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Mountain Park
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Svoboda
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Svoboda is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svoboda
      • Cold Springs
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Cold Springs is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
      • Odetta
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Odetta is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odetta
      • Roosevelt
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lugert ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Babbs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Babbs is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbs
        • Cooperton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lone Wolf
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Hobart
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Cambridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Cambridge is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
        • Komalty
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Komalty is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komalty
  • Tillman County
  • Wilbarger County

Footnotes ...

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