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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 community in the southeast 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 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 east 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.

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

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

Akron is located in Cowley County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cowley County: Butler, Chautauqua, Elk, Sedgwick, Sumner, Kay (OK) & Osage (OK).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 120 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Akron. Of these communities, 90 are located in counties other than Cowley 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 Cowley 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.

  • Cowley County   (where Akron resides)
  • Butler County
  • Chautauqua County
  • Sedgwick County
    • County Website:   https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Sedgwick:   Wichita
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Akron   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Akron.
      • Mulvane
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Derby
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Waco
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Waco is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Peck
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wego-Waco
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Burr Hill
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
      • Springdale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Springdale is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Greenwich Heights
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Greenwich Heights is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Heights
      • Haysville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Keeler
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Keeler is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
      • Mona Kay Heights
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Mona Kay Heights is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mona Kay Heights
      • Oaklawn
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Oaklawn is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Sunset Park
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
        • Park East
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Park East is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park East
        • Connell
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Connell is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connell
        • Midland Park
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Midland Park is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Park
        • Midland Tower
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Midland Tower is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Riverside
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverside is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Brookhaven
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Brookhaven is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Glenville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Linwood Acres
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Linwood Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Midland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Midland is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Purcell
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Purcell is located in Sedgwick County
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        • South Seneca Gardens
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • South Seneca Gardens is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Bonnie Brae
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Eastborough
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Eastborough is located in Sedgwick County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
        • Forest Hills
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Forest Hills is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Lakeside Acres
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Lakeside Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Bayneville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Minneha
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Minneha is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneha
        • Murray Gill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Oatville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wichita
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Clearwater
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Cessna
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Prospect Park
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Prospect Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Cow Town
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Prospect
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
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  • Sumner County
    • County Website:   https://co.sumner.ks.us/
    • County Seat for Sumner:   Wellington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Akron   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Akron.
      • Bushnell
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Bushnell is located in Sumner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
      • Oxford
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Whitman is located in Sumner County
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      • Paton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rome
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Rome is located in Sumner County
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      • Belle Plaine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Adamsville is located in Sumner County
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      • Dalton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Dalton is located in Sumner County
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      • Cicero
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Geuda Springs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Geuda Springs is located in Sumner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geuda Springs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
      • Riverdale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Riverdale is located in Sumner County
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      • Wellington
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Zyba
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Zyba is located in Sumner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zyba
          • Zyba has also been known as:
          • Zuba
          • Zyber
        • Ashton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Ashton is located in Sumner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
        • Portland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Roland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Anson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Perth
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • South Haven
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Mayfield
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Mayfield is located in Sumner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
        • Millerton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Millerton is located in Sumner County
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  • Kay County
    • County Website:   https://www.courthouse.kay.ok.us/
    • County Seat for Kay:   Newkirk (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Akron   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Akron.
      • Chilocco
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Middleton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Middleton is located in Kay County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Hardy
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hardy is located in Kay County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
      • Bender
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Bender is located in Kay County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
      • Dilworth
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Dilworth is located in Kay County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Akron) 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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