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Nearest Communities to Gem,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Gem is located in Hemphill County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hemphill County: Ellis (OK), Roger Mills (OK), Lipscomb, Roberts & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gem. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Hemphill 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 Gem (which is Hemphill 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 Gem

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

  • Hemphill County   (where Gem resides)
    • County Seat for Hemphill:   Canadian
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Springers Ranch ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springers Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
        • Springers Ranch is located in Hemphill County
      • Dreyfoos
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dreyfoos have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfoos
        • Dreyfoos is located in Hemphill County
      • Canadian
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clear Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gageby ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gageby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageby
        • Gageby is located in Hemphill County
      • Glazier
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glazier
        • Glazier is located in Hemphill County
      • Mendota ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendota have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
        • Mendota is located in Hemphill County
  • Lipscomb County
    • County Seat for Lipscomb:   Lipscomb
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Coburn
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
        • Coburn is located in Lipscomb County
      • Higgins
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Locust Grove
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
        • Locust Grove is located in Lipscomb County
  • Roberts County
    • County Seat for Roberts:   Miami
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Lora
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lora
        • Lora is located in Roberts County
      • Miami
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
        • Miami is located in Roberts County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <4>
  • Wheeler County
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Wheeler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Allison
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Zybach ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach
        • Zybach is located in Wheeler County
      • Briscoe
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briscoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
        • Briscoe is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Briscoe <4>
      • Mobeetie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • New Mobeetie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Mobeetie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
        • New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
      • Wheeler
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Kelton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
        • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
  • Beckham County
  • Ellis County
  • Roger Mills County
    • County Seat for Roger Mills:   Cheyenne (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Durham
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Reydon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reydon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reydon
        • Reydon is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reydon <4>
      • Rankin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rankin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
        • Rankin is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Crawford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Mackie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
        • Mackie is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Roll
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roll
        • Roll is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Meridian
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
        • Meridian is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Dempsey
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dempsey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
        • Dempsey is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Cheyenne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
        • Cheyenne is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheyenne <4>
      • Grimes
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grimes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
        • Grimes is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Rosehill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosehill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
        • Rosehill is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
      • Strong City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strong City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
        • Strong City is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7853, Longitude: -100.1235       In this case, the coordinates for Gem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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