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Nearest Communities to Hansford,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Hansford is located in Hansford County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hansford County: Texas (OK), Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hansford. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Hansford 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 Hansford (which is Hansford 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 Hansford

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

  • Hansford County   (where Hansford resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hansford.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hansford:   Spearman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hansford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hansford.
      • McKibben
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • McKibben is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKibben
      • Spearman
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Gruver
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kimball
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Kimball is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
      • Bernstein
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Bernstein is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstein
      • Morse
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hitchland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Hitchland is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchland
      • Phillips Camp
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Phillips Camp is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Camp
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hutchinson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Stinnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hansford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hansford.
      • Holt
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Holt is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Morse Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Morse Junction is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Junction
      • Pringle
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Plemons ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Plemons is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plemons
      • Stinnett
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Dial
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Dial is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
      • Stekoll Camp
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Stekoll Camp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stekoll Camp
  • Moore County
  • Ochiltree County
  • Texas County

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- Hansford) 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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