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Nearest Communities to Parkersburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 starting from Parkersburg.<1>

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

Parkersburg is located in Custer County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Dewey, Roger Mills & Washita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Parkersburg. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Custer 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 Parkersburg (which is Custer 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 Parkersburg

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

  • Custer County   (where Parkersburg resides)
    • County Website:   https://custer.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Arapaho
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersburg.
      • Ralph
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Ralph is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
      • Clinton
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Junction
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • East Junction is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Junction
      • Arapaho
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stafford
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Stafford is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
      • Indianapolis
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Indianapolis is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
      • Butler
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Custer City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Independence
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Independence is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Foley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Foley is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Anthon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Anthon is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthon
      • Weatherford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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        • Sunset
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Sunset is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
        • McClure
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • McClure is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure
        • Osceola ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Osceola is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Carpenter
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Carpenter is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
        • Dead Women Crossing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Dead Women Crossing is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Women Crossing
        • Hammon Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Hammon Junction is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammon Junction
        • Thomas
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Moorewood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Moorewood is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorewood
        • Cody
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Cody is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Beckham County
    • County Website:   https://beckham.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Beckham:   Sayre
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersburg.
      • Elk City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Taylor
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Taylor is located in Beckham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Hocker
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Hocker is located in Beckham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocker
      • Merritt
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Merritt is located in Beckham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
      • Retrop
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Retrop is located in Beckham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retrop
  • Caddo County
    • County Seat for Caddo:   Anadarko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersburg.
      • Hydro
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Eakly
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alfalfa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Alfalfa is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
  • Dewey County
    • County Seat for Dewey:   Taloga
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersburg.
      • Aledo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Aledo is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aledo
      • Burmah
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Burmah is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
      • Putnam
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Rhea
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Rhea is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea
      • Nobscot
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Nobscot is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobscot
      • Parallel
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Parallel is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parallel
      • Webb
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Webb is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
      • Fay
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kiowa County
  • Roger Mills County
  • Washita County
    • County Seat for Washita:   New Cordell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersburg.
      • Bessie
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Braithwaite
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Braithwaite is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braithwaite
      • Foss
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Foss is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foss <3>
      • Burns Flat
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • New Cordell
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • 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>
      • Corn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
      • Dill City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Canute
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Cloud Chief
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Cloud Chief is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Chief
      • Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cowden Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Cowden Junction is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Junction
      • Rocky
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
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        • Rainy ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Rainy is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
        • Sentinel
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Cowden
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Cowden is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
        • Lake Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Lake Valley is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
        • Port
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Port is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port
        • Old Retrop
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Old Retrop is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Retrop

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 from Point A (ie- Parkersburg) 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.