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Nearest Communities to Damar,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Damar.<1>

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

Damar is located in Rooks County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rooks County: Ellis, Graham, Osborne, Phillips, Russell, Smith & Trego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Damar. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Rooks 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 Damar (which is Rooks 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 Damar

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

  • Rooks County   (where Damar resides)
    • County Website:   www.rookscounty.net/
    • County Seat for Rooks:   Stockton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Damar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Damar.
      • Palco
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Webster
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
        • Webster is located in Rooks County
      • Zurich
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
        • Zurich is located in Rooks County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Plainville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Stockton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Codell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Laton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
        • Laton is located in Rooks County
      • Woodston
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Ellis County
    • County Website:   www.ellisco.net/
    • County Seat for Ellis:   Hays
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Damar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Damar.
      • Turkville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
        • Turkville is located in Ellis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Turkville
        • From Damar to Turkville
      • Ellis
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hog Back
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hog Back. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
        • Hog Back is located in Ellis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Hog Back
        • From Damar to Hog Back
      • Yocemento
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yocemento have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
        • Yocemento is located in Ellis County
  • Graham County
    • County Seat for Graham:   Hill City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Damar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Damar.
      • Nicodemus
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicodemus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicodemus
        • Nicodemus is located in Graham County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nicodemus <4>
      • Bogue
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
        • Bogue is located in Graham County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
        • Bogue has also been known as:
        • Wildhorse
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Bogue
        • From Damar to Bogue
      • Roscoe
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roscoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
        • Roscoe is located in Graham County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Roscoe
        • From Damar to Roscoe
      • Hill City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
        • Hill City is located in Graham County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,354 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hill City <4>
      • Smithfield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smithfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
        • Smithfield is located in Graham County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Smithfield
        • From Damar to Smithfield
      • Togo
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Togo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
        • Togo is located in Graham County
        • Togo has also been known as:
        • Togoland
      • Penokee
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Morland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morland
        • Morland is located in Graham County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morland <4>
      • Saint Peter
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Peter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
        • Saint Peter is located in Graham County
  • Norton County
    • County Website:   www.nortoncountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Norton:   Norton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Damar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Damar.
      • Densmore
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Edmond
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
        • Edmond is located in Norton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
        • Edmond has also been known as:
        • Edmond City
      • Lenora
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenora
        • Lenora is located in Norton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenora <4>
  • Phillips County
  • Sheridan County
  • Trego County
    • County Seat for Trego:   WaKeeney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Damar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Damar.
      • Ogallah
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Riga
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
        • Riga is located in Trego County
      • WaKeeney
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Voda
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voda
        • Voda is located in Trego County

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- Damar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Damar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3194, Longitude: -99.5851    
<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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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