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Nearest Communities to Briscoe,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Briscoe is located in Wheeler County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheeler County: Beckham (OK), Roger Mills (OK), Collingsworth, Gray & Hemphill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Briscoe. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Wheeler 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 Briscoe (which is Wheeler 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 Briscoe

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

  • Wheeler County   (where Briscoe resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Wheeler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Briscoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Briscoe.
      • Zybach ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Zybach is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach
      • Mobeetie
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Wheeler
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • New Mobeetie
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
      • Allison
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Magic City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
      • Kelton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
      • Twitty
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
      • Bellco
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Bellco is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellco
      • Kellerville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Kellerville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
      • Pakan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Pakan is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pakan
      • Lela
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Lela is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lela
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Shamrock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Fuller
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Fuller is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Norrick
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Norrick is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrick
        • Ramsdell
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Ramsdell is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdell
        • Benonine
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Benonine is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benonine
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Pampa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Briscoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Briscoe.
      • Laketon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Laketon is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • Denworth
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Denworth is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denworth
      • Back
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Back is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
      • Wesco
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Wesco is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
      • McLean
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Heaton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Heaton is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
      • Lefors
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hemphill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hemphill.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hemphill:   Canadian
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Briscoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Briscoe.
      • Gageby ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gageby is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageby
      • Gem
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Gem is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
      • Mendota ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Mendota is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
      • Springers Ranch ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Springers Ranch is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
      • Canadian
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Clear Creek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Glazier
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Glazier is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glazier
  • Roberts County
  • Beckham County
  • Roger Mills County
    • County Seat for Roger Mills:   Cheyenne (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Briscoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Briscoe.
      • Rankin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Rankin is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
      • Meridian
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Meridian is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Reydon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Reydon is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reydon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reydon <3>
      • Dempsey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Dempsey is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
      • Durham
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mackie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Mackie is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
      • Grimes
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Grimes is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briscoe) 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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