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Nearest Communities to Dover,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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

Dover is located in Shawnee County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shawnee County: Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie & Wabaunsee.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 94 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dover. Of these communities, 68 are located in counties other than Shawnee 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 Dover (which is Shawnee 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 Dover

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

  • Shawnee County   (where Dover resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.snco.gov/
    • County Seat for Shawnee:   Topeka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dover.
      • Auburn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Valencia
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Valencia is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
      • Willard
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Willard is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
      • Silver Lake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Smiths Ferry
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Smiths Ferry is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
      • Rossville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Kiro
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cullen Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
      • Pauline
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Terra Heights
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Terra Heights is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Heights
      • Menoken
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Menoken is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
      • Wakarusa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
  • Douglas County
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyoncountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Emporia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dover.
      • Miller
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Admire
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Allen
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Allen is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
      • Agnes City ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Agnes City is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes City
      • Bushong
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bushong is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushong
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Reading
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Osage County
  • Pottawatomie County
    • County Website:   https://www.pottcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Pottawatomie:   Westmoreland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dover.
      • Saint Marys
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Belvue
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Belvue is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvue
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Emmett
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Emmett is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmett <3>
      • Wamego
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Wamego is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamego
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,718 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamego <3>
      • Saint Clere
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Louisville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
        • Louisville has also been known as:
        • Louisville Springs
        • Rock City
        • Rock Creek Falls
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <3>
      • Aikins
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Laclede
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Laclede is located in Pottawatomie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
      • Saint George
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Riley County
  • Wabaunsee County
    • County Website:   https://www.wbcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Wabaunsee:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dover.
      • Keene
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Keene is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Maple Hill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Vera
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradford
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bradford is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Eskridge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Harveyville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Harveyville is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Paxico
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Newbury
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Newbury is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
        • Newbury has also been known as:
        • New Berry
        • Newberry
      • Wilmington
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hessdale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Hessdale is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessdale
      • McFarland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Allendorph
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Allendorph is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendorph
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Alma
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Alma is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
        • Wabaunsee
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Wabaunsee is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaunsee
        • Volland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Volland is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volland
        • Alta Vista
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dover) 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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