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Nearest Communities to Brainerd,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Brainerd.<1>

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

Brainerd 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 124 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brainerd. Of these communities, 89 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 Brainerd (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 Brainerd

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

  • Butler County   (where Brainerd resides)
  • Chase County
  • Harvey County
  • Marion County
  • McPherson County
  • Sedgwick County
    • County Website:   https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Sedgwick:   Wichita
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brainerd   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brainerd.
      • Furley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Furley is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furley
      • Sunnydale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunnydale is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
      • Greenwich
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
      • Kechi
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • 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>
      • Arthur Heights
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Arthur Heights is located in Sedgwick County
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      • Bel Aire
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Park City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Spasticville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Spasticville is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spasticville
      • Lakeside Acres
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Lakeside Acres is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Acres
      • Bellaire
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bellaire is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
      • Tolerville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Tolerville is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolerville
      • Valley Center
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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        • Brookhaven
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Brookhaven is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Wichita Heights
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Park East
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Park East is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Minneha
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Minneha is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Riverview
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Linwood Acres
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Linwood Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Springdale
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Springdale is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Forest Hills
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Forest Hills is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Bonnie Brae
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Eastborough
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Eastborough is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastborough
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
        • Greenwich Heights
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Greenwich Heights is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Heights
        • Childs Acres
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Childs Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Coleman
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Cow Town
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
        • Wichita
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Bentley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Berwet
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Berwet is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Maize
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <3>
        • Connell
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Connell is located in Sedgwick County
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        • County Acres
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • County Acres is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Acres
        • Keeler
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Keeler is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Meadowview
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Oaklawn
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Oaklawn is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Colwich
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Midland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Midland is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Riverside
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Riverside is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Rolling Hills
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Westlink Village
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Westlink Village is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Cessna
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
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        • The Dell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • The Dell is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Glenville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Midland Tower
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Midland Tower is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Mona Kay Heights
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Mona Kay Heights is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Oatville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Purcell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Purcell is located in Sedgwick County
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        • South Seneca Gardens
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • South Seneca Gardens is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Tyler
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Tyler is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Midland Park
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Midland Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Prospect Park
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Prospect Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Sand Burr Hill
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Derby
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Prospect
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Saint Marks
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Saint Marks is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Sunset Park
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Haysville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Murray Gill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Schulte ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Schulte is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schulte

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brainerd) 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.