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Nearest Communities to Karns,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Karns is located in Canadian County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Canadian County: Blaine, Caddo, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain & Oklahoma.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Karns. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Canadian 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 Karns (which is Canadian 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 Karns

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

  • Canadian County   (where Karns resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.canadiancounty.org/
    • County Seat for Canadian:   El Reno
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Karns   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Karns.
      • Calumet
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Concho
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Niles
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Niles is located in Canadian County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Okarche
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • El Reno
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Powers
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Powers is located in Canadian County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
      • Banner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Banner is located in Canadian County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
      • Richland
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Richland is located in Canadian County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Union City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Piedmont
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Yukon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Yukon is located in Canadian County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,793 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yukon <3>
  • Blaine County
    • County Website:   https://blaine.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Watonga
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Karns   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Karns.
      • Geary
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Greenfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Watonga
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bucher
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Bucher is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucher
      • Hitchcock
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Eagle City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Eagle City is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
  • Caddo County
    • County Seat for Caddo:   Anadarko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Karns   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Karns.
      • Bridgeport
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bridgeport is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Hinton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Scott
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Scott is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
      • Lookeba
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cogar
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Cogar is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogar
      • Hydro
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sickles
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sickles is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
      • Binger
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Spring Creek
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Spring Creek is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Three-Way Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Three-Way Corner is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three-Way Corner
      • Albert
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Eakly
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dutton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Dutton is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
      • Gracemont
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Custer County
  • Dewey County
  • Grady County
  • Kingfisher County
    • County Website:   https://kingfisher.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Kingfisher:   Kingfisher
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Karns   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Karns.
      • Altona
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Altona is located in Kingfisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
      • Omega
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Alpha
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
      • Kingfisher
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Loyal
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Loyal is located in Kingfisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loyal <3>
      • Oneida
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
      • Reeding
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Reeding is located in Kingfisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeding
      • Dover
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <3>

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- Karns) 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.