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Nearest Communities to Frederick,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Frederick.<1>

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


Frederick is located in Rice County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rice County: Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno & Stafford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Frederick. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Rice 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 Frederick (which is Rice 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 Frederick

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

  • Rice County   (where Frederick resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.ricecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Rice:   Lyons
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Frederick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Frederick.
      • Pollard ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pollard is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
      • Geneseo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Bushton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Bushton is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Galt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Galt is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
      • Chase
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Chase is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
      • Crawford
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Crawford is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Lyons
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Mitchell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Mitchell is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Little River
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Silica
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Silica is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Saxman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Saxman is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
      • Alden
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Raymond
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Raymond is located in Rice County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
      • Sterling
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Barton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bartoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Barton:   Great Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Frederick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Frederick.
      • Farhman
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Farhman is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farhman
      • Claflin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Hitschmann
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Hitschmann is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitschmann
      • Odin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Odin is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
      • Ellinwood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Redwing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Redwing is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
      • Dubuque ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Dubuque is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
      • Dartmouth
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dartmouth is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
      • Beaver
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Beaver is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
      • Hoisington
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Kanbrick
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Kanbrick is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
      • South Hoisington
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • South Hoisington is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
      • Great Bend
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Susank
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Susank is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susank
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Ellsworth County
    • County Website:   https://www.ellsworthcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Ellsworth:   Ellsworth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Frederick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Frederick.
      • Frantz ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Frantz is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frantz
      • Lorraine
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Lorraine is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Midway
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Holyrood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kanopolis
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ellsworth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Langley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Langley is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
      • Yankee Run
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Yankee Run is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Run
      • Black Wolf ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Black Wolf is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
      • Venango
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Venango is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
      • Carneiro ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Carneiro is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneiro
      • Terra Cotta
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Terra Cotta is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
      • Arcola
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Arcola is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Wilson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilson is located in Ellsworth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
  • McPherson County
    • County Website:   https://www.mcphersoncountyks.us/
    • County Seat for McPherson:   McPherson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Frederick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Frederick.
      • Windom
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Windom is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Marquette
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Mackie
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Mackie is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
      • Freemount
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Freemount is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemount
        • Freemount has also been known as:
        • Freemont City
      • Conway
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Conway is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Jenkins
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Jenkins is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Reno County
  • Russell County
  • Saline 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- Frederick) 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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