Nearest Communities to Homer,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Homer, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Homer:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Homer.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Homer is located in Russell County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Russell County: Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Osborne, Rooks & Rush.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Homer. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Russell 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 Homer (which is Russell 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 Homer
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Russell County (where Homer resides)
- County Website: https://www.russellcountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Russell: Russell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Russell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Balta ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Balta is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Dorrance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Milberger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milberger is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
- Gorham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Luray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Luray is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Waldo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waldo is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Former name for Waldo:
- Pleasant Run
- Fairport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Paradise
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Lucas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barton County
- County Website: https://www.bartoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Barton: Great Bend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Susank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Susank is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Dubuque ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dubuque is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
- Millard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Millard is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Stickney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stickney is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Beaver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Galatia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Galatia is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Hitschmann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hitschmann is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitschmann
- Odin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Odin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Hoisington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Olmitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redwing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
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- South Hoisington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
- Farhman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farhman is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farhman
- Kanbrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kanbrick is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
- Claflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ellis County
- County Website: https://www.ellisco.net/
- County Seat for Ellis: Hays
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Walker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Victoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Emmeram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Emmeram is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
- Pfeifer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
- Catharine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Toulon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Munjor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Hays
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Turkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Schoenchen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Ellsworth County
- County Website: https://www.ellsworthcounty.org/
- County Seat for Ellsworth: Ellsworth
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Black Wolf ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Black Wolf is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Holyrood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- County Seat for Lincoln: Lincoln Center
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Wolf Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Sylvan Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
- Sylvan Grove Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <3>
- Vesper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vesper is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Ash Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ash Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
- Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Osborne County
- County Website: https://www.osbornecounty.org/
- County Seat for Osborne: Osborne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Cheyenne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Cheyenne has also been known as:
- Cheyenne City
- Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vincent is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Cheyenne Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cheyenne Gap is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Gap
- Natoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Covert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Covert is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Rooks County
- County Website: https://www.rookscountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Rooks: Stockton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- Codell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Codell is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
- Former name for Codell:
- Florreyville
- Rush County
- County Website: https://rushcountykansas.org/
- County Seat for Rush: La Crosse
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Homer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Homer.
- Loretta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- Otis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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- Homer) 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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