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Nearest Communities to Elm Mills,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.

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

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


Elm Mills is located in Barber County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barber County: Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Alfalfa (OK) & Woods (OK).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elm Mills. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Barber 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 Elm Mills (which is Barber 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 Elm Mills

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

  • Barber County   (where Elm Mills resides)
    • County Website:   https://barber.ks.gov/
    • County Seat for Barber:   Medicine Lodge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Mills   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Mills.
      • Isabel
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Isabel is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
      • Mingona
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Mingona is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
      • Forest City ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Forest City is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Lake City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Lake City is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Medicine Lodge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sun City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Pixley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Pixley is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
      • Deerhead
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Deerhead is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
      • Sharon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Sharon is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
        • Former name for Sharon:
        • Bible Valley
      • Gerlane
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Gerlane is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
      • Eldred ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Eldred is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Hazelton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hazelton is located in Barber County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Aetna ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Aetna is located in Barber County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
        • Hardtner
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Kiowa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Kiowa is located in Barber County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
          • Kiowa has also been known as:
          • Kiowa
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <3>
        • Stubbs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Stubbs is located in Barber County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
  • Comanche County
  • Harper County
  • Kingman County
    • County Website:   https://www.kingmancoks.org/
    • County Seat for Kingman:   Kingman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Mills   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Mills.
      • Nashville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Nashville is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
      • Saint Leo
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint Leo is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
      • Cunningham
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
      • Willowdale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Willowdale is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
      • Skellyville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Skellyville is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skellyville
      • Zenda
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Calista ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Calista is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
      • Spivey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Spivey is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Penalosa
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Penalosa is located in Kingman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
  • Kiowa County
    • County Website:   https://www.kiowacountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Kiowa:   Greensburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Mills   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Mills.
      • Belvidere
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Wellsford
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
      • Haviland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brenham ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Brenham is located in Kiowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
  • Pratt County
    • County Website:   https://www.prattcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Pratt:   Pratt
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Mills   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Mills.
      • Sawyer
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Sawyer is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Coats
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Coats is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
      • Pratt
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Waldeck
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Waldeck is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
      • Springvale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Springvale is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
        • Springvale has also been known as:
        • Springdale
      • Cairo
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Cairo is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Croft
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Croft is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
      • Cullison
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Cullison is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
      • Natrona
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Natrona is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
      • Iuka
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Iuka is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Preston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Preston is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
      • Byers
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Byers is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Hopewell ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hopewell is located in Pratt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Reno 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- Elm Mills) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.