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Nearest Communities to Amherst,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Amherst is located in Phillips County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Phillips County: Logan, Sedgwick, Yuma, Chase (NE) & Perkins (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Amherst. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Phillips 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 Amherst (which is Phillips 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 Amherst

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

  • Phillips County   (where Amherst resides)
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Holyoke
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Holyoke
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Paoli
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paoli have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
        • Paoli is located in Phillips County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paoli <3>
      • Haxtun
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haxtun have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haxtun
        • Haxtun is located in Phillips County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haxtun <3>
  • Logan County
    • County Website:   www.loganco.gov/
    • County Seat for Logan:   Sterling
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Dailey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
        • Dailey is located in Logan County
      • Red Lion
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lion have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
        • Red Lion is located in Logan County
  • Sedgwick County
    • County Seat for Sedgwick:   Julesburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Fort Julesburg ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Julesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Julesburg
        • Fort Julesburg is located in Sedgwick County
      • Julesburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fort Sedgwick ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Sedgwick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sedgwick
        • Fort Sedgwick is located in Sedgwick County
      • Ovid
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
        • Ovid is located in Sedgwick County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <3>
      • Sedgwick
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedgwick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
        • Sedgwick is located in Sedgwick County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sedgwick <3>
      • Dorsey
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorsey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
        • Dorsey is located in Sedgwick County
  • Yuma County
    • County Seat for Yuma:   Wray
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Alvin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
        • Alvin is located in Yuma County
      • Wauneta
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauneta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauneta
        • Wauneta is located in Yuma County
  • Chase County
    • County Website:   www.co.chase.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Chase:   Imperial (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Lamar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
        • Lamar is located in Chase County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Chase
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
        • Chase is located in Chase County (NE)
      • Crete
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
        • Crete is located in Chase County (NE)
      • Champion
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Imperial
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Deuel County
    • County Website:   www.co.deuel.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Deuel:   Chappell (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Barton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
        • Barton is located in Deuel County (NE)
      • Big Springs
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Dundy County
  • Keith County
  • Perkins County
    • County Website:   www.co.perkins.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Perkins:   Grant (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amherst   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amherst.
      • Venango
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venango have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
        • Venango is located in Perkins County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venango <3>
      • Brandon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
        • Brandon is located in Perkins County (NE)
      • Grant
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Grant is located in Perkins County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <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- Amherst) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amherst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6828, Longitude: -102.1660       In this case, the coordinates for Amherst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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