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Nearest Communities to Waka,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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 north 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 starting from Waka.<1>

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

Waka is located in Ochiltree County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Waka. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Ochiltree 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 Waka (which is Ochiltree 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 Waka

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

  • Ochiltree County   (where Waka resides)
    • County Seat for Ochiltree:   Perryton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waka.
      • Farnsworth
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lord
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lord have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord
        • Lord is located in Ochiltree County
      • Ochiltree ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ochiltree. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochiltree
        • Ochiltree is located in Ochiltree County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Ochiltree
        • From Waka to Ochiltree
      • Perryton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Twichell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twichell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twichell
        • Twichell is located in Ochiltree County
      • Huntoon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntoon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntoon
        • Huntoon is located in Ochiltree County
  • Hansford County
    • County Seat for Hansford:   Spearman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waka.
      • Spearman
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kimball
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimball have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
        • Kimball is located in Hansford County
      • Hansford
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hansford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
        • Hansford is located in Hansford County
      • Bernstein
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernstein have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernstein
        • Bernstein is located in Hansford County
      • McKibben
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKibben have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKibben
        • McKibben is located in Hansford County
      • Gruver
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gruver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
        • Gruver is located in Hansford County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gruver <3>
      • Hitchland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchland
        • Hitchland is located in Hansford County
      • Phillips Camp
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillips Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Camp
        • Phillips Camp is located in Hansford County
      • Morse
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
        • Morse is located in Hansford County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morse <3>
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Stinnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waka.
      • Holt
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
        • Holt is located in Hutchinson County
      • Morse Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Junction
        • Morse Junction is located in Hutchinson County
  • Lipscomb County
  • Roberts County
    • County Seat for Roberts:   Miami
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waka   ...
      • Parnell ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parnell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
        • Parnell is located in Roberts County
  • Beaver County
    • County Seat for Beaver:   Beaver (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waka.
      • Gray
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
        • Gray is located in Beaver County (OK)
      • Bryans Corner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Corner
        • Bryans Corner is located in Beaver County (OK)
  • Texas County
    • County Seat for Texas:   Guymon (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waka.
      • Range
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Range have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
        • Range is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Hardesty
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardesty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardesty
        • Hardesty is located in Texas County (OK)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardesty <3>

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Waka) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waka. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2817, Longitude: -101.0453    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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