Nearest Communities to Gretna,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gretna, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gretna:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 Gretna.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Gretna is located in Phillips County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Phillips County: Graham, Norton, Rooks, Smith, Franklin (NE) & Harlan (NE).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gretna. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Phillips 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 Gretna (which is Phillips 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 Gretna
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Phillips County (where Gretna resides)
- County Website: https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
- County Seat for Phillips: Phillipsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Agra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Agra is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Phillipsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kirwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glade is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Speed
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Speed is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Stuttgart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
- Woodruff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodruff is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Prairie View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prairie View is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Long Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Island is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Norton County
- County Website: https://www.nortoncountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Norton: Norton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Almena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Almena is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Calvert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Calvert is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Densmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Densmore is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
- Osborne County
- County Website: https://www.osbornecounty.org/
- County Seat for Osborne: Osborne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Alton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Portis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portis is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Rooks County
- County Website: https://www.rookscountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Rooks: Stockton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Stockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stockton is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
- Former name for Stockton:
- Stocktown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <3>
- Woodston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodston is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Woodston has also been known as:
- Woodston Saw
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <3>
- Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smith County
- County Website: https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
- County Seat for Smith: Smith Center
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- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Kensington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kensington is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Claudell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Claudell is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
- Athol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Athol is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Cedar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Gaylord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Reamsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reamsville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
- Smith Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Thornburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thornburg is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Harlan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Bellaire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bellaire is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Cora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cora is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Womer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Womer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
- Franklin County
- County Website: https://franklincountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Franklin: Franklin (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Naponee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan County
- County Website: https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Harlan: Alma (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gretna ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gretna.
- Republican City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alma is located in Harlan County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
- Orleans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flynn Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gretna) 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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