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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 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 starting from Gem.<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 Website:   https://www.co.hemphill.tx.us/
    • 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)
        • Springers Ranch was located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
      • Dreyfoos
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Dreyfoos is also located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfoos
      • Canadian
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Canadian is also located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadian
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,677 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canadian <3>
      • Clear Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gageby ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Gageby was located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageby
      • Glazier
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Glazier is also located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glazier
      • Mendota ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Mendota was located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
  • Lipscomb County
  • Roberts County
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
    • 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)
        • Zybach was located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach
      • Briscoe
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mobeetie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • New Mobeetie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
      • Wheeler
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Kelton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
  • 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)
        • 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>
      • Rankin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Rankin is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
      • Crawford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Mackie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Mackie is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
      • Roll
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Roll is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roll
      • Meridian
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Meridian is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Dempsey
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Dempsey is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
      • Cheyenne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Cheyenne is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheyenne <3>
      • Grimes
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Grimes is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
      • Rosehill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosehill is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
      • Strong City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Strong City is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people

Footnotes ...

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