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Nearest Communities to Downs,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Downs is located in Osborne County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Osborne County: Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Rooks, Russell & Smith.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Downs. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Osborne 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 Downs (which is Osborne 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 Downs

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

  • Osborne County   (where Downs resides)
    • County Seat for Osborne:   Osborne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Downs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Downs.
      • Corinth
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
        • Corinth is located in Osborne County
      • Forney
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
        • Forney is located in Osborne County
      • Portis
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Osborne
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomington
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Cheyenne Gap
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheyenne Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Gap
        • Cheyenne Gap is located in Osborne County
      • Covert
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
        • Covert is located in Osborne County
      • Alton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Alton is located in Osborne County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
      • Cheyenne
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheyenne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
        • Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
        • Cheyenne has also been known as:
        • Cheyenne City
      • Vincent
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vincent have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
        • Vincent is located in Osborne County
  • Jewell County
    • County Seat for Jewell:   Mankato
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Downs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Downs.
      • Dentonia
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dentonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentonia
        • Dentonia is located in Jewell County
      • Ionia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ionia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
        • Ionia is located in Jewell County
      • Esbon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esbon
        • Esbon is located in Jewell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esbon <4>
      • Jewell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
        • Jewell is located in Jewell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
      • Otego
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
        • Otego is located in Jewell County
      • Mankato
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Randall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Burr Oak
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
  • Lincoln County
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Lincoln Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Downs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Downs.
      • Ash Grove
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
        • Ash Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • Grant
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Grant is located in Lincoln County
  • Mitchell County
    • County Seat for Mitchell:   Beloit
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Downs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Downs.
      • Cawker City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cawker City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawker City
        • Cawker City is located in Mitchell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cawker City <4>
      • Glen Elder
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Tipton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Blue Hill
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
        • Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
      • Solomon Rapids
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solomon Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Rapids
        • Solomon Rapids is located in Mitchell County
      • Hunter
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
        • Hunter is located in Mitchell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <4>
      • Victor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
        • Victor is located in Mitchell County
      • Beloit
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beloit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
        • Beloit is located in Mitchell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,564 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beloit <4>
      • Gilbert
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Asherville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rawlins County
  • Rooks County
  • Russell County
  • Smith 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Downs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Downs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5048, Longitude: -98.5444    
<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.




 

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