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Nearest Communities to Galatia,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.


Galatia is located in Barton County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barton County: Ellis, Ellsworth, Pawnee, Rice, Rush, Russell & Stafford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Galatia. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Barton 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 Galatia (which is Barton 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 Galatia

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

  • Barton County   (where Galatia resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bartoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Barton:   Great Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galatia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galatia.
      • Millard
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Millard is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
      • Stickney
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Stickney is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
      • Olmitz
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Susank
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Susank is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susank
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Boyd ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Boyd is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Hoisington
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Albert
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • South Hoisington
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • South Hoisington is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
      • Beaver
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Beaver is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
      • Heizer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Heizer is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
      • Kanbrick
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Kanbrick is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
      • Redwing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Redwing is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Dubuque ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Dubuque is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
        • Odin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Odin is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
        • Hitschmann
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Hitschmann is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitschmann
        • Anchorway
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Anchorway is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
        • Great Bend
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dundee
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Dundee is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
        • Claflin
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Farhman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Farhman is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farhman
        • Pawnee Rock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Dartmouth
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Dartmouth is located in Barton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
        • Ellinwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellis County
    • County Website:   https://www.ellisco.net/
    • County Seat for Ellis:   Hays
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galatia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galatia.
      • Pfeifer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
      • Walker
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Walker is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Victoria
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Victoria is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
      • Munjor
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Munjor is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
      • Schoenchen
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
      • Toulon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Toulon is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
      • Emmeram
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Emmeram is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
      • Catharine
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Catharine is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
        • Catharine has also been known as:
        • Catherine
      • Hays
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hays is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,829 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <3>
      • Antonino
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Antonino is located in Ellis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
  • Ellsworth County
  • Pawnee County
  • Rush County
    • County Website:   https://rushcountykansas.org/
    • County Seat for Rush:   La Crosse
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galatia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galatia.
      • Otis
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Loretta
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Loretta is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
        • Former names for Loretta:
        • Illinois
        • Marienfeld
      • Schaffer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Schaffer is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
      • Bison
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bison is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Timken
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Timken is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
      • Liebenthal
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Liebenthal is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • La Crosse
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rush Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hargrave
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Hargrave is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
      • Nekoma
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Nekoma is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
  • Russell County
    • County Website:   https://www.russellcountykansas.com/
    • County Seat for Russell:   Russell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galatia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galatia.
      • Milberger
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Milberger is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
      • Gorham
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Balta ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Balta is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
      • Homer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Homer is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Russell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bunker Hill
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dorrance
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairport
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Fairport is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport

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- Galatia) 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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