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Nearest Communities to Wheeler,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wheeler.<1>

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

Wheeler is located in Wheeler County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheeler County: Beckham (OK), Roger Mills (OK), Collingsworth, Gray & Hemphill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wheeler. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Wheeler 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 Wheeler (which is Wheeler 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 Wheeler

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

  • Wheeler County   (where Wheeler resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Wheeler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Magic City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
      • Kelton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Kelton is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
      • Briscoe
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Twitty
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mobeetie
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Mobeetie
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • New Mobeetie is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mobeetie
      • Zybach ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Kellerville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Kellerville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
      • Allison
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pakan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pakan is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pakan
      • Bellco
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Bellco is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellco
      • Lela
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Lela is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lela
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Shamrock
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Fuller
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Fuller is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Norrick
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Norrick is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrick
        • Ramsdell
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Ramsdell is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdell
        • Benonine
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Benonine is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benonine
  • Collingsworth County
  • Gray County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.gray.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Gray:   Pampa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Back
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Back is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
      • Denworth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Denworth is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denworth
      • Laketon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Laketon is located in Gray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • McLean
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wesco
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lefors
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Alanreed
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hemphill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hemphill.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hemphill:   Canadian
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Gageby ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Gageby is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageby
      • Gem
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Gem is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
      • Mendota ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mendota is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
      • Springers Ranch ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Springers Ranch is located in Hemphill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
  • Roberts County
  • Beckham County
  • Roger Mills County
    • County Seat for Roger Mills:   Cheyenne (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Meridian
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Meridian is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Rankin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Rankin is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
      • Reydon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Dempsey
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Dempsey is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
      • Grimes
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Grimes is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes

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- Wheeler) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.