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Nearest Communities to Ford,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 from Ford.<1>

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

Ford is located in Deaf Smith County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deaf Smith County: Curry (NM), Quay (NM), Castro, Oldham, Parmer & Randall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ford. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Deaf Smith 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 Ford (which is Deaf Smith 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 Ford

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

  • Deaf Smith County   (where Ford resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.deaf-smith.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Deaf Smith:   Hereford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ford.
      • Milo Center
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Milo Center is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Center
      • La Plata ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
      • Simms
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Simms is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Joel
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Joel is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
      • Dawn
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hereford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Westway
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Westway is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
      • Walcott
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Walcott is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
      • Bootleg
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bootleg is located in Deaf Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootleg
  • Castro County
  • Oldham County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.oldham.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Oldham:   Vega
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ford.
      • Everett
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Everett is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
      • Vega
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Wildorado
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Landergin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Landergin is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landergin
      • Adrian
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gruhlkey
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Gruhlkey is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruhlkey
      • Wimberly Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Wimberly Place is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimberly Place
      • Boise ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Boise is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
      • Hollicott Crossing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Hollicott Crossing is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollicott Crossing
      • Tascosa ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
      • Boys' Ranch
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Boys' Ranch is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys' Ranch
  • Potter County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.potter.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Potter:   Amarillo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ford.
      • Bushland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Soncy
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Gentry
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Gentry is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
      • Bishop Hills
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Boden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Boden is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
      • Cliffside
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cliffside is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
      • Ady
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Ady is located in Potter County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ady
  • Randall 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ford) 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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