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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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind 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 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halford
        • Halford is located in Thomas County
      • Breton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton
        • Breton is located in Thomas County
      • Rexford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Colby
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
        • Colby is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,315 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colby <4>
      • Mingo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
        • Mingo is located in Thomas County
      • Menlo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menlo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
        • Menlo is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
      • Spica
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spica have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
        • Spica is located in Thomas County
      • Levant
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
        • Levant is located in Thomas County
      • Brewster
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
        • Brewster is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <4>
      • Brownville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
        • Brownville is located in Thomas County
  • Decatur County
    • County Seat for Decatur:   Oberlin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gem.
      • Leoville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
        • Leoville is located in Decatur County
      • Dresden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • 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)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
        • Monument is located in Logan County
      • Page City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
        • Page City is located in Logan County
  • Rawlins County
    • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chardon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chardon
        • Chardon is located in Rawlins County
      • Achilles
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Achilles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achilles
        • Achilles is located in Rawlins County
      • Atwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
        • Atwood is located in Rawlins County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atwood <4>
      • Midway
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Midway is located in Rawlins County
      • North Atwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Atwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atwood
        • North Atwood is located in Rawlins County
      • Ludell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
        • Ludell is located in Rawlins County
      • Blakeman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blakeman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeman
        • Blakeman is located in Rawlins County
  • Sheridan County
    • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seguin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
        • Seguin is located in Sheridan County
      • Selden
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
        • Selden is located in Sheridan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
      • Angelus
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angelus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
        • Angelus is located in Sheridan County
      • Hoxie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
        • Hoxie is located in Sheridan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <4>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4260, Longitude: -100.8972       In this case, the coordinates for Gem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<4>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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