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Nearest Communities to Akron,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Akron.<1>

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

Akron is located in Washington County and is the County Seat.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan & Yuma.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Akron. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Washington 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 Akron (which is Washington 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 Akron

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

  • Washington County   (where Akron resides)
    • County Seat for Washington:   Akron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Akron   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Akron.
      • Platner
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platner
        • Platner is located in Washington County
      • Curtis ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Curtis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
        • Curtis is located in Washington County
      • Xenia ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Xenia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
        • Xenia is located in Washington County
        • Xenia has also been known as:
        • Cody
      • Midway ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Midway is located in Washington County
      • Harmon ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harmon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
        • Harmon is located in Washington County
      • Pinneo ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinneo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinneo
        • Pinneo is located in Washington County
      • Otis
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
        • Otis is located in Washington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <5>
      • Elba ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
        • Elba is located in Washington County
      • Rago ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rago have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
        • Rago is located in Washington County
      • Calhoun ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhoun have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
        • Calhoun is located in Washington County
      • Burdett ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burdett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
        • Burdett is located in Washington County
      • Hyde ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
        • Hyde is located in Washington County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Messex
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messex
          • Messex is located in Washington County
        • Lone Star ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Star have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
          • Lone Star is located in Washington County
        • Woodrow
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Leslie ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leslie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
          • Leslie is located in Washington County
        • Anton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Wiladel ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiladel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiladel
          • Wiladel is located in Washington County
  • Logan County
    • County Website:   www.loganco.gov/
    • County Seat for Logan:   Sterling
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Akron   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Akron.
      • Beta
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
        • Beta is located in Logan County
      • Merino
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Atwood
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Twin Mills
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mills
        • Twin Mills is located in Logan County
      • Logan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
        • Logan is located in Logan County
      • Leroy
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leroy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
        • Leroy is located in Logan County
      • New Haven
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
        • New Haven is located in Logan County
      • Willard ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
        • Willard is located in Logan County
  • Morgan County
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Fort Morgan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Akron   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Akron.
      • Hillrose
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillrose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillrose
        • Hillrose is located in Morgan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillrose <5>
      • Camden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
        • Camden is located in Morgan County
      • Gary
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gary have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
        • Gary is located in Morgan County
      • Balzac
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balzac have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
        • Balzac is located in Morgan County
      • Cooper
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
        • Cooper is located in Morgan County
      • Union
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
        • Union is located in Morgan County
      • Brush
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Snyder
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snyder have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
        • Snyder is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snyder <5>
      • Nelson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Nelson is located in Morgan County
      • Lodi
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodi have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Lodi is located in Morgan County
      • Dodd
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodd have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
        • Dodd is located in Morgan County
      • Hurley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
        • Hurley is located in Morgan County
      • Moseley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moseley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseley
        • Moseley is located in Morgan County
      • Ninemile Corner
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ninemile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile Corner
        • Ninemile Corner is located in Morgan County
  • Yuma County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Akron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Akron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1632, Longitude: -103.2115    
<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>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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