Nearest Communities to May,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to May, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for May:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from May.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
May is located in Harper County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harper County: Clark (KS), Comanche (KS), Beaver, Ellis, Woods & Woodward.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of May. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Harper 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 May (which is Harper 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 May
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Harper County (where May resides)
- County Seat for Harper: Buffalo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oklahoma
- Harper County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oklahoma
- Harper County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oklahoma
- Harper County
- Nearest Communities to May ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from May.
- Dunlap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Laverne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laverne
- Laverne is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laverne <4>
- Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,265 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
- Rosston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Rosston is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosston <4>
- Selman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
- Selman is located in Harper County
- Charleston ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Harper County
- Willard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver County
- County Seat for Beaver: Beaver
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- Nearest Communities to May ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from May.
- Slapout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapout
- Slapout is located in Beaver County
- Gate
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
- Gate is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gate <4>
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Logan is located in Beaver County
- Clear Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Beaver County
- Knowles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Knowles is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knowles <4>
- Ellis County
- County Seat for Ellis: Arnett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oklahoma
- Ellis County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oklahoma
- Ellis County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oklahoma
- Ellis County
- Nearest Communities to May ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from May.
- Chaney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Catesby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catesby
- Catesby is located in Ellis County
- Fargo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Fargo is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fargo <4>
- Gage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Gage is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gage <4>
- Touzalin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Shattuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattuck
- Shattuck is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shattuck <4>
- Goodwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woods County
- County Seat for Woods: Alva
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oklahoma
- Woods County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oklahoma
- Woods County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oklahoma
- Woods County
- Nearest Communities to May ...
- Woodward County
- County Seat for Woodward: Woodward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- Nearest Communities to May ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from May.
- Fort Supply
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Supply
- Fort Supply is located in Woodward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Supply <4>
- Tangier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Gerlach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Woodward
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Woodward is located in Woodward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodward <4>
- Keenan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Alston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lipscomb County
- County Seat for Lipscomb: Lipscomb (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Lipscomb County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Lipscomb County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Lipscomb County
- Nearest Communities to May ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from May.
- Magoun
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Follett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Follett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Follett
- Follett is located in Lipscomb County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Follett <4>
- Sherlock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- May) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in May. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6171, Longitude: -99.7463 |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |