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Nearest Communities to Hog Back,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Hog Back.<1>

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

Hog Back is located in Ellis County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ellis County: Barton, Graham, Ness, Osborne, Rooks, Rush, Russell & Trego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hog Back. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Ellis 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 Hog Back (which is Ellis 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 Hog Back

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

  • Ellis County   (where Hog Back resides)
    • County Website:   www.ellisco.net/
    • County Seat for Ellis:   Hays
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hog Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hog Back.
      • Yocemento
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yocemento have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
        • Yocemento is located in Ellis County
      • Ellis
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Hays
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Antonino
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antonino have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
        • Antonino is located in Ellis County
      • Toulon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toulon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
        • Toulon is located in Ellis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Toulon
        • From Hog Back to Toulon
      • Catharine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
        • Catharine is located in Ellis County
        • Catharine has also been known as:
        • Catherine
      • Munjor
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munjor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
        • Munjor is located in Ellis County
      • Schoenchen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoenchen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
        • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
      • Turkville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
        • Turkville is located in Ellis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Turkville
        • From Hog Back to Turkville
      • Victoria
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
        • Victoria is located in Ellis County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
      • Emmeram
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Walker
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
        • Walker is located in Ellis County
      • Pfeifer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pfeifer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
        • Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
  • Graham County
    • County Seat for Graham:   Hill City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hog Back   ...
      • Togo
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Togo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
        • Togo is located in Graham County
        • Togo has also been known as:
        • Togoland
  • Ness County
  • Osborne County
  • Rooks County
  • Rush County
    • County Seat for Rush:   La Crosse
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hog Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hog Back.
      • Liebenthal
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liebenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
        • Liebenthal is located in Rush County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • McCracken
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
        • McCracken is located in Rush County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCracken <4>
      • Loretta
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hargrave
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hargrave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
        • Hargrave is located in Rush County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Hargrave
        • From Hog Back to Hargrave
      • La Crosse
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Nekoma
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
        • Nekoma is located in Rush County
  • Russell County
    • County Seat for Russell:   Russell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hog Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hog Back.
      • Gorham
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
        • Gorham is located in Russell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <4>
      • Fairport
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
        • Fairport is located in Russell County
      • Balta ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
        • Balta is located in Russell County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Balta
        • From Hog Back to Balta
  • Trego County
    • County Seat for Trego:   WaKeeney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hog Back   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hog Back.
      • Riga
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
        • Riga is located in Trego County
      • Ogallah
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Trego
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trego. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
        • Trego is located in Trego County
        • Trego has also been known as:
        • Trego Center
        • Trego Tank
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Trego
        • From Hog Back to Trego
      • WaKeeney
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Fort Downer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Downer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Downer
        • Fort Downer is located in Trego County
      • Voda
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voda
        • Voda is located in Trego County

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- Hog Back) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hog Back. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9211, Longitude: -99.4842       In this case, the coordinates for Hog Back 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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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