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Nearest Communities to Rainy,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Rainy is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Washita County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washita County: Beckham, Caddo, Custer & Kiowa.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rainy. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Washita County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Rainy (which is Washita 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 Rainy

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

  • Washita County   (where Rainy resides)
    • County Seat for Washita:   New Cordell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rainy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rainy.
      • Lake Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Lake Valley is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
      • Rocky
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Cloud Chief
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Cloud Chief is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Chief
      • New Cordell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • 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 <4>
      • Sentinel
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Dill City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Cowden
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cowden is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
      • Bessie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Braithwaite
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Braithwaite is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braithwaite
      • Cowden Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Cowden Junction is located in Washita County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden Junction
      • Corn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • 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 <4>
      • Burns Flat
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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        • Port
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Port is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port
        • Colony
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Retrop
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Old Retrop is located in Washita County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Retrop
        • Foss
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • 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 <4>
        • Canute
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Beckham County
  • Caddo County
    • County Seat for Caddo:   Anadarko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rainy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rainy.
      • Alfalfa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Alfalfa is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
      • Carnegie
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Alden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Alden is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
      • Swan Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Swan Lake is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
      • Eakly
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Nowhere
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Nowhere is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowhere
      • Fort Cobb
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Pine Ridge
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Pine Ridge is located in Caddo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   https://custer.okcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Arapaho
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rainy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rainy.
      • Parkersburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Parkersburg is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
      • Clinton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Ralph
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Ralph is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
      • East Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • East Junction is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Junction
      • Indianapolis
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Indianapolis is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
      • Stafford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Stafford is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
      • Arapaho
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Weatherford
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Greer County
  • Jackson County
  • Kiowa County
    • County Website:   https://kiowacountyok.us/
    • County Seat for Kiowa:   Hobart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rainy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rainy.
      • Komalty
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Komalty is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komalty
      • Gotebo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobart
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountain View
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Babbs
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Babbs is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbs
      • Cambridge
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Cambridge is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Sedan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sedan is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
      • Cooperton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Cooperton is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Lone Wolf
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
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        • Roosevelt
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Cold Springs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Cold Springs is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
        • Lugert ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
        • Svoboda
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Svoboda is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svoboda
        • Centerville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Centerville is located in Kiowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
        • Mountain Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rainy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rainy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.