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Nearest Communities to Ponca City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

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

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

Ponca City is primarily located in Kay County. A portion of Ponca City extends into Osage County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kay County: Cowley (KS), Garfield, Grant, Noble & Osage.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ponca City. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Kay 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 Ponca City (which is Kay 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 Ponca City

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

  • Kay County   (where Ponca City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.courthouse.kay.ok.us/
    • County Seat for Kay:   Newkirk
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca City.
      • Cross ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Kildare
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Kildare is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • White Eagle
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • McFadden Cove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • McFadden Cove is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFadden Cove
      • Autwine
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Autwine is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autwine
      • Uncas
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Uncas is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uncas
      • Grainville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Grainville is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainville
      • Tyner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Tyner is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
      • Kaw City
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Newkirk
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Blackwell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Tonkawa
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Peckham
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Peckham is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckham
        • Washunga
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Washunga is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washunga
        • Bender
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Bender is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
        • Sumpter
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Sumpter is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
        • Middleton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Middleton is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
        • Dilworth
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Dilworth is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
        • Alcorn
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Alcorn is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcorn
        • Chilocco
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Braman
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Eddy
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Eddy is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
        • Nardin
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Polk
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Polk is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
        • Hardy
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Hardy is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
  • Grant County
  • Noble County
    • County Website:   https://www.noblecountyok.com/
    • County Seat for Noble:   Perry
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca City.
      • Marland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Old Bliss
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Old Bliss is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bliss
      • Red Rock
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ceres
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Ceres is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
      • Billings
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Otoe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Otoe is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
      • Black Bear
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Black Bear is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
      • Drace
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Drace is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drace
      • Sumner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Sumner is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
      • Bills Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bills Corner is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bills Corner
      • McMahon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • McMahon is located in Noble County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahon
      • Morrison
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Petes Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Osage County
    • County Seat for Osage:   Pawhuska
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca City.
      • McCord
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • McCord is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
      • Soldani
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Soldani is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldani
      • Apperson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Apperson is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apperson
      • Doga
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Doga is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doga
      • Burbank
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cooper
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Cooper is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Lep
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Lep is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lep
      • Remington
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Remington is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
      • Lyman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Lyman is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Webb City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Webb City is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Carter Nine
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Carter Nine is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Nine
      • Fairfax
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
  • Pawnee County
    • County Seat for Pawnee:   Pawnee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca City.
      • Watchorn
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Watchorn is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watchorn
      • Masham
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Masham is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masham
      • Ralston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jobes
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jobes is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobes
      • Lela
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Lela is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lela
      • Pawnee
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cowley County
  • Sumner County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ponca City) 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.
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