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Nearest Communities to Bloomington,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Bloomington is located in Butler County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Butler County: Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick & Sumner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 121 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bloomington. Of these communities, 82 are located in counties other than Butler 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 Bloomington (which is Butler 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 Bloomington

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

  • Butler County   (where Bloomington resides)
  • Cowley County
  • Elk County
  • Greenwood County
    • County Website:   https://www.greenwoodcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Greenwood:   Eureka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bloomington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bloomington.
      • Blodgett
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Blodgett is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
      • Sallyards
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Sallyards is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sallyards
      • Piedmont
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Belleview ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Belleview is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
      • Reece
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ivanpah
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
  • Sedgwick County
    • County Website:   https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Sedgwick:   Wichita
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bloomington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bloomington.
      • Brookhaven
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Brookhaven is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Park East
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Park East is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park East
      • Springdale
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Springdale is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Greenwich Heights
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Greenwich Heights is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Heights
      • Lakeside Acres
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Lakeside Acres is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Acres
      • Linwood Acres
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Linwood Acres is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Acres
      • Bonnie Brae
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
      • Derby
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Forest Hills
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Forest Hills is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
      • Mulvane
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Greenwich
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
      • Minneha
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Minneha is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneha
      • Continue List   (35 more) ...
        • Eastborough
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Eastborough is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastborough
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
        • Connell
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Connell is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connell
        • Keeler
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Keeler is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
        • Oaklawn
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Oaklawn is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
        • Tolerville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Tolerville is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolerville
        • Mona Kay Heights
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Mona Kay Heights is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mona Kay Heights
        • Riverside
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Riverside is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Sand Burr Hill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
        • Waco
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Waco is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
        • Arthur Heights
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Arthur Heights is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Heights
        • Bel Aire
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bellaire
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Bellaire is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
        • Midland Park
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Midland Park is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Park
        • Midland Tower
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Midland Tower is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Tower
        • Midland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Midland is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
        • Sunset Park
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
        • Wego-Waco
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Kechi
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Kechi is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kechi
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,109 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kechi <3>
        • Glenville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
        • Haysville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Purcell
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Purcell is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
        • South Seneca Gardens
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • South Seneca Gardens is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seneca Gardens
        • Wichita
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Furley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Furley is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furley
        • Cow Town
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
        • Wichita Heights
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Oatville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Peck
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Park City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverview
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
        • Cessna
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
        • Murray Gill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Spasticville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Spasticville is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spasticville
        • Sunnydale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Sunnydale is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
        • Prospect Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Prospect Park is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Park
  • Sumner County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bloomington) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.