Nearest Communities to Buchanan,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Buchanan, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Buchanan:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Buchanan is located in Hardee County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardee County: DeSoto, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee & Polk.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 95 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buchanan. Of these communities, 74 are located in counties other than Hardee 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 Buchanan (which is Hardee 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 Buchanan
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hardee County (where Buchanan resides)
- County Website: https://www.hardeecountyfl.gov/
- County Seat for Hardee: Wauchula
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Moffitt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moffitt is located in Hardee County
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- Gardner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gardner is located in Hardee County
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- Sweetwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sweetwater is located in Hardee County
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- Zolfo Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Hardee County
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- Kinsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Hardee County
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- Limestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone is located in Hardee County
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- Bridges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Hardee County
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- Wauchula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Griffins Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
- Ona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coker is located in Hardee County
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- Vandolah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vandolah is located in Hardee County
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- Wauchula Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wauchula Hills is located in Hardee County
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- Lily
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lily is located in Hardee County
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- Crewsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crewsville is located in Hardee County
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- Lemon Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon Grove is located in Hardee County
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- Torrey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Torrey is located in Hardee County
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- Bowling Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Green Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Green Springs is located in Hardee County
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- Fort Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Green is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Green
- Charlotte County
- County Seat for Charlotte: Punta Gorda
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Peace River Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peace River Shores is located in Charlotte County
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- Sparkman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sparkman is located in Charlotte County
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- Morgantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgantown is located in Charlotte County
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- Ridge Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ridge Harbor is located in Charlotte County
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- Deep Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- DeSoto County
- County Website: https://www.desotobocc.com/
- County Seat for DeSoto: Arcadia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Calvinia ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvinia is located in DeSoto County
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- Brownville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brownville is located in DeSoto County
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- Cubitis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cubitis is located in DeSoto County
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- Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing is located in DeSoto County
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- Belgium ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Joshua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Joshua is located in DeSoto County
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- Pine Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Level is located in DeSoto County
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- Tryon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tryon is located in DeSoto County
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- Nocatee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hull is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Fort Ogden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Platt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Platt is located in DeSoto County
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- Southfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Southfort is located in DeSoto County
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- Lake Suzy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Suzy is located in DeSoto County
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- Highlands County
- County Website: https://www.highlandsfl.gov/
- County Seat for Highlands: Sebring
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Negrotown Knoll
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Negrotown Knoll is located in Highlands County
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- Hen Scratch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hen Scratch is located in Highlands County
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- Avon Park Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avon Park Lakes is located in Highlands County
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- Avon Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sebring Shores
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sebring Shores is located in Highlands County
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- Sebring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Highland Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lakes is located in Highlands County
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- Lakemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemont is located in Highlands County
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- De Soto City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- De Soto City is located in Highlands County
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- Kuhlman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kuhlman is located in Highlands County
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- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Highlands County
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- Placid Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
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- Istokpoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Istokpoga is located in Highlands County
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- Lake Placid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sylvan Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
- Highlands Park Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Childs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Childs is located in Highlands County
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- Hillsborough County
- County Website: https://hcfl.gov/
- County Seat for Hillsborough: Tampa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Fort Lonesome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Lonesome is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lonesome
- Hiscock Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hiscock Acres is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiscock Acres
- Manatee County
- County Website: https://www.mymanatee.org/
- County Seat for Manatee: Bradenton
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Myakka Head
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Myakka Head is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myakka Head
- Old Duette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Duette is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Duette
- Edgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Edgeville is located in Manatee County
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- Sandy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy is located in Manatee County
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- Duette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keentown is located in Manatee County
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- Myakka City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parmalee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parmalee is located in Manatee County
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- Bunker Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Manatee County
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- Verna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Verna is located in Manatee County
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- Oak Knoll
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Knoll is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll
- Polk County
- County Website: https://www.polk-county.net/
- County Seat for Polk: Bartow
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Bereah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bereah is located in Polk County
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- Baird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baird is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Fort Meade
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tiger Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tiger Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Bay
- Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Oponys Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oponys Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oponys Town
- Pembroke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pembroke is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Maxcy Quarters
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maxcy Quarters is located in Polk County
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- Neilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Neilson is located in Polk County
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- West Frostproof
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Frostproof is located in Polk County
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- Brewster ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Agricola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
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- Homeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wolfolk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wolfolk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfolk
- Frostproof
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradley Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
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- Barcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barcola is located in Polk County
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- Green Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Green Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Rolling Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Sarasota County
- County Website: https://www.scgov.net/
- County Seat for Sarasota: Sarasota
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buchanan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
- Sidell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sidell is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell
- Hidden River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hidden River is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden River
- Old Myakka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Old Myakka is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myakka
- Miakka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miakka is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miakka
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Buchanan) 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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