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Nearest Communities to Whitebead,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 from Whitebead.<1>

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

Whitebead is located in Garvin County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garvin County: Carter, Grady, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc & Stephens.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 105 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Whitebead. Of these communities, 79 are located in counties other than Garvin 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 Whitebead (which is Garvin 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 Whitebead

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

  • Garvin County   (where Whitebead resides)
  • Carter County
  • Cleveland County
  • Grady County
  • McClain County
    • County Website:   https://mcclain-co-ok.us/
    • County Seat for McClain:   Purcell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Whitebead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Whitebead.
      • Wayne
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Rosedale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Rosedale is located in McClain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
      • Stealy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Stealy is located in McClain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stealy
      • Byars
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Johnsonville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Johnsonville is located in McClain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
      • Payne
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Purcell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Criner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Chism
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Chism is located in McClain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chism
      • Washington
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Dibble
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Goldsby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cole
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Cole is located in McClain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
  • Murray County
    • County Seat for Murray:   Sulphur
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Whitebead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Whitebead.
      • Joy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Joy is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
      • Chigley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Chigley is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigley
      • Washita
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Iona
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Iona is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
      • Oak Grove
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Oak Grove is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Davis
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jollyville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Jollyville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
      • Cedar Village
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Cedar Village is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
      • Falls Creek Assembly
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Falls Creek Assembly is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek Assembly
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Rayford
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Rayford is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayford
        • Sulphur
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Denny
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Denny is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
        • Dougherty
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hickory
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Hickory is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
        • Scullin
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Scullin is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullin
  • Pontotoc County
    • County Seat for Pontotoc:   Ada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Whitebead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Whitebead.
      • Hart
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Hart is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Dolberg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Dolberg is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolberg
      • Gaar Corner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Gaar Corner is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaar Corner
      • Vanoss
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Vanoss is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanoss
      • Center
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Center is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
      • Maxwell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Maxwell is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
      • Oil Center
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Roff
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Roff is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roff
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roff <3>
      • Bebee
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Pickett
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Pickett is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
      • Union Hill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Union Hill is located in Pontotoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Pottawatomie County
    • County Website:   https://pottawatomiecountyok.com/
    • County Seat for Pottawatomie:   Shawnee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Whitebead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Whitebead.
      • Eason
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Eason is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason
      • Wanette
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Trousdale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Trousdale is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
      • Asher
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Asher is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asher <3>
      • Tribbey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Avoca
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Avoca is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Anderson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Burnett
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Burnett is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
      • Pearson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Pearson is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
  • Stephens County

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- Whitebead) 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.