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Nearest Communities to Blakeman,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Blakeman.<1>

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

Blakeman is located in Rawlins County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rawlins County: Cheyenne, Decatur, Sherman, Thomas, Dundy (NE), Hitchcock (NE) & Red Willow (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blakeman. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Rawlins 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 Blakeman (which is Rawlins 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 Blakeman

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

  • Rawlins County   (where Blakeman resides)
    • County Seat for Rawlins:   Atwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blakeman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blakeman.
      • North Atwood
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Atwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atwood
        • North Atwood is located in Rawlins County
      • Atwood
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
        • Atwood is located in Rawlins County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atwood <4>
      • Beardsley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
        • Beardsley is located in Rawlins County
      • Ludell
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
        • Ludell is located in Rawlins County
      • Chardon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chardon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chardon
        • Chardon is located in Rawlins County
      • McDonald
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonald have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • McDonald is located in Rawlins County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Achilles
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Achilles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achilles
        • Achilles is located in Rawlins County
      • Herndon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herndon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
        • Herndon is located in Rawlins County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Midway
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Midway is located in Rawlins County
  • Cheyenne County
  • Decatur County
  • Thomas County
    • County Seat for Thomas:   Colby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blakeman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blakeman.
      • Gem
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
        • Gem is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Colby
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
        • Colby is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,315 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colby <4>
      • Levant
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
        • Levant is located in Thomas County
      • Breton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton
        • Breton is located in Thomas County
  • Dundy County
    • County Seat for Dundy:   Benkelman (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blakeman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blakeman.
      • Max
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Benkelman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Rainbow Fountain Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Fountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Fountain Park
        • Rainbow Fountain Park is located in Dundy County (NE)
  • Hitchcock County
    • County Website:   www.co.hitchcock.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Hitchcock:   Trenton (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blakeman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blakeman.
      • Cornell ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
        • Cornell is located in Hitchcock County (NE)
      • Stratton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
        • Stratton is located in Hitchcock County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stratton <4>
      • Trenton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
        • Trenton is located in Hitchcock County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <4>

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 from Point A (ie- Blakeman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blakeman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8222, Longitude: -101.1171       In this case, the coordinates for Blakeman 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>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.
<4>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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