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Nearest Communities to Cedar,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 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 west 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 Cedar.<1>

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

Cedar is located in Smith County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Smith County: Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Franklin (NE) & Webster (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cedar. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Smith 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 Cedar (which is Smith 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 Cedar

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

  • Smith County   (where Cedar resides)
    • County Website:   https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
    • County Seat for Smith:   Smith Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar.
      • Claudell
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Claudell is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
      • Gaylord
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Athol
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Athol is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Harlan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Harlan is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Kensington
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Kensington is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Smith Center
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellaire
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bellaire is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
      • Reamsville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Reamsville is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
      • Thornburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Thornburg is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
      • Cora
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Cora is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
      • Dispatch
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Dispatch is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
      • Lebanon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Womer
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Womer is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
  • Jewell County
  • Mitchell County
  • Osborne County
    • County Website:   https://www.osbornecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Osborne:   Osborne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar.
      • Alton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Alton is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
      • Portis
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Portis is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
      • Bloomington
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Osborne
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
      • Downs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Forney
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Forney is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
      • Covert
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Covert is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
      • Corinth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Corinth is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Phillips County
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar.
      • Kirwin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Agra
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Agra is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Gretna
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Gretna is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Glade
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Glade is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Phillipsburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Speed
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Speed is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Stuttgart
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
  • Rawlins County
  • Rooks County
    • County Website:   https://www.rookscountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Rooks:   Stockton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cedar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cedar.
      • Woodston
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodston is located in Rooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
        • Woodston has also been known as:
        • Woodston Saw
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <3>
      • Stockton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Stockton is located in Rooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
        • Former name for Stockton:
        • Stocktown
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <3>
      • Laton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Laton is located in Rooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
  • Franklin County

Footnotes ...

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