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Nearest Communities to Ellis,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Ellis is located in Ellis County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ellis County: Barton, Graham, Ness, Osborne, Rooks, Rush, Russell & Trego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ellis. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Ellis 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 Ellis (which is Ellis 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 Ellis

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

  • Ellis County   (where Ellis resides)
    • County Website:   www.ellisco.net/
    • County Seat for Ellis:   Hays
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Hog Back
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • 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.<3>
        • 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 Ellis to Hog Back
      • Yocemento
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yocemento have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
        • Yocemento is located in Ellis County
      • Hays
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Antonino
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antonino have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
        • Antonino is located in Ellis County
      • Catharine
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
        • Catharine is located in Ellis County
        • Catharine has also been known as:
        • Catherine
      • Toulon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toulon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
        • Toulon is located in Ellis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Toulon
        • From Ellis to Toulon
      • Munjor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munjor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
        • Munjor is located in Ellis County
      • Schoenchen
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoenchen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
        • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
      • Turkville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • 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.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
        • Turkville is located in Ellis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Turkville
        • From Ellis to Turkville
      • Victoria
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
        • Victoria is located in Ellis County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
      • Emmeram
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Walker
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
        • Walker is located in Ellis County
      • Pfeifer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pfeifer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
        • Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
  • Graham County
    • County Seat for Graham:   Hill City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Togo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Togo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
      • Bogue
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • 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 Ellis to Bogue
  • Ness County
  • Rooks County
  • Rush County
    • County Seat for Rush:   La Crosse
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Liebenthal
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liebenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
        • Liebenthal is located in Rush County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • McCracken
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
        • McCracken is located in Rush County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCracken <5>
      • Hargrave
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hargrave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
        • Hargrave is located in Rush County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Hargrave
        • From Ellis to Hargrave
      • Loretta
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Russell County
    • County Seat for Russell:   Russell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Fairport
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
        • Fairport is located in Russell County
      • Gorham
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
        • Gorham is located in Russell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <5>
  • Trego County
    • County Seat for Trego:   WaKeeney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Riga
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riga have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
        • Riga is located in Trego County
      • Ogallah
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Trego
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trego. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
        • Trego is located in Trego County
        • Trego has also been known as:
        • Trego Center
        • Trego Tank
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Trego
        • From Ellis to Trego
      • WaKeeney
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fort Downer
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Downer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Downer
        • Fort Downer is located in Trego County
      • Voda
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voda
        • Voda is located in Trego County
      • Collyer
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collyer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collyer
        • Collyer is located in Trego County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people

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- Ellis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ellis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9378, Longitude: -99.5603    
<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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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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