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Nearest Communities to Richards Spur,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Richards Spur<2> is historic,<3> it would have been located within present day Comanche County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Comanche County: Caddo, Cotton, Grady, Kiowa, Stephens & Tillman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 79 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Richards Spur. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Comanche County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<4> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Richards Spur (which is Comanche 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 Richards Spur

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

  • Comanche County   (where Richards Spur resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.comanchecountyok.gov/
    • County Seat for Comanche:   Lawton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richards Spur   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richards Spur.
      • Porter Hill
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Porter Hill is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Hill
      • Green Meadow Acres
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Green Meadow Acres is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow Acres
      • Lakeside Village
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Lakeside Village is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
      • Ridley
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Ridley is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridley
      • Edgewater Park
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Edgewater Park is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
      • Elgin
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Elgin is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
      • Cove Acres
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Cove Acres is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Acres
      • Chatto Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Chatto Crossing is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatto Crossing
      • Peachtree Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Peachtree Crossing is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Crossing
      • Lake Ellsworth Addition
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Corral Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Corral Crossing is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral Crossing
      • Fort Sill
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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        • Grenade Crossing
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Grenade Crossing is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenade Crossing
        • Four Mile Crossing
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Four Mile Crossing is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Crossing
        • Duhringe Pass
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Duhringe Pass is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duhringe Pass
        • Medicine Park
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Artillery Village
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
        • Sneed Acres
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Sneed Acres is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sneed Acres
        • Lawtonka Acres
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Lawtonka Acres is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtonka Acres
        • Fletcher
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lawton
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Meers
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • The Holy City
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • The Holy City is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Holy City
        • Mount View
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Mount View is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View
        • Sterling
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Taupa
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Taupa is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taupa
        • Coxs Corner
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Coxs Corner is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Corner
        • Cache Wye
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Cache Wye is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Wye
        • Letitia
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Letitia is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letitia
        • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Cache
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Cache is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,824 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cache <5>
        • Bethel
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Indiahoma Wye
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Indiahoma Wye is located in Comanche County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiahoma Wye
        • Geronimo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Indiahoma
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Faxon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Chattanooga
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Caddo County
  • Cotton County
  • Grady County
    • County Website:   https://gradycountyok.com/
    • County Seat for Grady:   Chickasha
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richards Spur   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richards Spur.
      • Rocky Ford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Rocky Ford is located in Grady County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Acme
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Acme is located in Grady County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
      • Farwell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Farwell is located in Grady County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Laverty
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Laverty is located in Grady County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laverty
      • Rush Springs
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Agawam
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Norge
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Norge is located in Grady County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norge
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • East Ninnekah
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • East Ninnekah is located in Grady County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ninnekah
      • Ninnekah
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Verden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kiowa County
  • Stephens County
    • County Seat for Stephens:   Duncan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Richards Spur   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Richards Spur.
      • Denton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Denton is located in Stephens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
      • Central High
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Central High is located in Stephens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
      • Nellie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Nellie is located in Stephens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
      • Oil City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Oil City is located in Stephens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Marlow
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Empire City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Empire City is located in Stephens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
      • Gas City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Gas City is located in Stephens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
      • Duncan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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 from Point A (ie- Richards Spur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Richards Spur may originally have been Richard's Spur. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Richards Spur might be written as Richard Spur. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Richards Spur.
<3>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 Richards Spur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.