Nearest Communities to Cawker City,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cawker City, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cawker City:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 starting from Cawker City.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Cawker City is located in Mitchell County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mitchell County: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Osborne, Ottawa & Smith.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cawker City. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Mitchell 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 Cawker City (which is Mitchell 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 Cawker City
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mitchell County (where Cawker City resides)
- County Website: https://www.mitchellcountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Mitchell: Beloit
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cawker City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cawker City.
- Glen Elder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tipton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Solomon Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Solomon Rapids is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Rapids
- Blue Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
- Beloit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Victor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Victor is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Gilbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Asherville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Scottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Coursens Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coursens Grove is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coursens Grove
- Cloud County
- County Website: https://www.cloudcountyks.org/
- County Seat for Cloud: Concordia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cawker City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cawker City.
- Simpson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oneonta ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oneonta is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Jewell County
- County Website: https://jewellcountykansas.net/
- County Seat for Jewell: Mankato
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cawker City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cawker City.
- Ionia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ionia is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
- Dentonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dentonia is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentonia
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Esbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Otego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Otego is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
- Mankato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Burr Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Montrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Formoso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Lincoln County
- County Seat for Lincoln: Lincoln Center
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Cawker City.
- Ash Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ash Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
- Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Barnard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Osborne County
- County Website: https://www.osbornecounty.org/
- County Seat for Osborne: Osborne
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Cawker City.
- Downs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Forney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forney is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Osborne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Osborne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
- Osborne has also been known as:
- Peru
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <3>
- Portis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Portis is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Cheyenne Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cheyenne Gap is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Gap
- Cheyenne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Cheyenne has also been known as:
- Cheyenne City
- Covert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covert is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Vincent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Alton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alton is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Rawlins County
- County Website: https://rawlinscounty.org/
- County Seat for Rawlins: Atwood
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Rawlins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Russell County
- County Website: https://www.russellcountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Russell: Russell
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- Luray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luray is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Smith County
- County Website: https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
- County Seat for Smith: Smith Center
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cawker City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cawker City.
- Dispatch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dispatch is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
- Harlan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harlan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bellaire
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bellaire is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Gaylord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Cora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cora is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
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- Cawker City) 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. |