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Nearest Communities to Williams,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Williams.<1>

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

Williams is located in Hardeman County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardeman County: Harmon (OK), Jackson (OK), Childress, Cottle, Foard & Wilbarger.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williams. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Hardeman 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 Williams (which is Hardeman 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 Williams

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

  • Hardeman County   (where Williams resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hardeman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hardeman:   Quanah
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
      • North Groesbeck
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • North Groesbeck is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groesbeck
      • Goodlett
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Carnes
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Carnes is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
      • Acme ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Acme is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
      • Wheatland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Wheatland is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
      • Talbert Crossing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Talbert Crossing is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbert Crossing
      • Punkin Center
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Punkin Center is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
      • Willowview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Willowview is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowview
      • Lazare
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Lazare is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazare
      • Middleburg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Middleburg is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
      • Quanah
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Seven L Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Seven L Crossing is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven L Crossing
      • Medicine Mound ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Medicine Mound is located in Hardeman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Mound
      • Chillicothe
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Childress County
    • County Website:   https://www.childresstx.us/
    • County Seat for Childress:   Childress
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
      • Kirkland
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Childress
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Abington
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Abington is located in Childress County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
      • Smithdale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Smithdale is located in Childress County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
      • Arlie
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Arlie is located in Childress County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlie
      • Loco ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Loco is located in Childress County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Carey
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Tell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Collingsworth County
  • Cottle County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cottle.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Cottle:   Paducah
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
      • Baker
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Baker is located in Cottle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Swearingen
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Swearingen is located in Cottle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearingen
      • Ogden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ogden is located in Cottle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
  • Foard County
  • Wilbarger County
  • Greer County
  • Harmon County
    • County Seat for Harmon:   Hollis (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
      • Louis ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Louis is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
      • Hollis
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Hollis is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,818 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <3>
      • Gould
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Gould is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gould <3>
      • McQueen
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • McQueen is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueen
      • Arnett
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Arnett is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
      • McKnight
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • McKnight is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnight
      • Ron
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Ron is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ron
      • Shrewder
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Shrewder is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewder
      • Sandy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Sandy is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Madge
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Madge is located in Harmon County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
      • Vinson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jackson County
    • County Website:   http://www.jacksoncountyok.com/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Altus (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williams   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
      • Lincoln
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Lincoln is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Eldorado
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Creta
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Creta is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creta
      • Creata
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Creata is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creata
      • Prairie Hill
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Prairie Hill is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
      • Marty
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Marty is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
      • Duke
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • East Duke
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • East Duke is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Duke
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
      • Olustee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Olustee is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olustee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olustee <3>
      • Victory
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Victory is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
      • Elmer
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Elmer is located in Jackson County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmer <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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williams) 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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