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Nearest Communities to Hydro,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Hydro.<1>

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


Hydro is primarily located in Caddo County. A portion of Hydro extends into Blaine County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caddo County: Blaine, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Grady, Kiowa & Washita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hydro. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Caddo 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 Hydro (which is Caddo 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 Hydro

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

  • Caddo County   (where Hydro resides)
    • County Seat for Caddo:   Anadarko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hydro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hydro.
      • Bridgeport
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Bridgeport is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Hinton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Sickles
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sickles is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
      • Eakly
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lookeba
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Three-Way Corner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Three-Way Corner is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three-Way Corner
      • Swan Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Swan Lake is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
      • Binger
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alfalfa
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Alfalfa is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
      • Scott
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Scott is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
      • Albert
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Nowhere
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Nowhere is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowhere
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Cogar
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Cogar is located in Caddo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogar
        • Spring Creek
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Spring Creek is located in Caddo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
        • Carnegie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Gracemont
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blaine County
    • County Website:   https://blaine.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Watonga
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hydro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hydro.
      • Geary
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Greenfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Watonga
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Eagle City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Eagle City is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
      • Bucher
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bucher is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucher
  • Canadian County
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   https://custer.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Arapaho
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hydro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hydro.
      • Dead Women Crossing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Dead Women Crossing is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Women Crossing
      • Weatherford
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Indianapolis
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Indianapolis is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
      • Thomas
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Foley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Foley is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Cody
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Cody is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
      • Custer City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Arapaho
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Clinton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • East Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • East Junction is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Junction
      • Independence
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Independence is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Ralph
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Ralph is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Parkersburg
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Parkersburg is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
        • Sunset
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Sunset is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
        • Anthon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Anthon is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthon
        • Stafford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Stafford is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
  • Dewey County
    • County Seat for Dewey:   Taloga
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hydro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hydro.
      • Fay
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Nobscot
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Nobscot is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobscot
      • Oakwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Parallel
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Parallel is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parallel
      • Leonel
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Leonel is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonel
      • Putnam
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingfisher County
  • Washita County
    • County Seat for Washita:   New Cordell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hydro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hydro.
      • Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Corn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Corn is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corn <3>
      • Cowden Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Cowden Junction is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Junction
      • Cowden
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Cowden is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
      • Bessie
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cloud Chief
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cloud Chief is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Chief
      • New Cordell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • 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>
      • Braithwaite
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Braithwaite is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braithwaite
      • Lake Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Lake Valley is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hydro) 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.