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Nearest Communities to Gem,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Gem.<1>

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

Gem is located in Thomas County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Thomas County: Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gem. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Thomas 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 Gem (which is Thomas 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 Gem

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

  • Thomas County   (where Gem resides)
    • County Website:   https://thomascountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Thomas:   Colby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Halford
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Halford is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halford
      • Breton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Breton is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton
      • Rexford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Colby
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Mingo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Mingo is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
      • Menlo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Menlo is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
      • Spica
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Spica is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
      • Levant
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Levant is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
      • Brewster
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brownville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Brownville is located in Thomas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
  • Decatur County
  • Gove County
  • Logan County
    • County Seat for Logan:   Oakley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Oakley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Monument
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Monument is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
      • Page City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Page City is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
  • Rawlins County
    • County Website:   https://rawlinscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Rawlins:   Atwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Chardon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Chardon is located in Rawlins County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chardon
      • Achilles
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Achilles is located in Rawlins County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achilles
      • Atwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Midway
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Midway is located in Rawlins County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • North Atwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • North Atwood is located in Rawlins County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atwood
      • Ludell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Ludell is located in Rawlins County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
      • Blakeman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Blakeman is located in Rawlins County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeman
  • Sheridan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sheridancountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   Hoxie
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Seguin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Seguin is located in Sheridan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
      • Selden
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Selden is located in Sheridan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
      • Angelus
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Angelus is located in Sheridan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
      • Hoxie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Hoxie is located in Sheridan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <3>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gem) 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.