Nearest Communities to Ionia,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ionia, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ionia:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 south.
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 south 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 Ionia.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ionia is located in Jewell County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jewell County: Cloud, Mitchell, Osborne, Republic, Smith, Nuckolls (NE) & Webster (NE).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ionia. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Jewell 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 Ionia (which is Jewell 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 Ionia
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Jewell County (where Ionia resides)
- County Website: https://jewellcountykansas.net/
- County Seat for Jewell: Mankato
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Dentonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dentonia is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentonia
- Jewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Otego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Otego is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
- Mankato
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Esbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Randall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Montrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Wesley Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wesley Center is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Center
- Formoso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Northbranch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Northbranch is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbranch
- Lovewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lovewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovewell
- Webber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cloud County
- County Website: https://www.cloudcountyks.org/
- County Seat for Cloud: Concordia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Oneonta ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oneonta is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Simpson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Mitchell County
- County Website: https://www.mitchellcountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Mitchell: Beloit
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Glen Elder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cawker City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solomon Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Solomon Rapids is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Rapids
- Beloit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Scottsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Tipton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blue Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
- Asherville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Victor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Victor is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Hunter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Osborne County
- County Website: https://www.osbornecounty.org/
- County Seat for Osborne: Osborne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Downs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Portis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Portis is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Corinth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Forney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forney is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Osborne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Osborne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
- Osborne has also been known as:
- Peru
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <3>
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Rawlins County
- County Website: https://rawlinscounty.org/
- County Seat for Rawlins: Atwood
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Rawlins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Republic County
- County Website: http://republiccounty.org/
- County Seat for Republic: Belleville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Courtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kackley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kackley is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
- White Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Norway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norway is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Smith County
- County Website: https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
- County Seat for Smith: Smith Center
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Dispatch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dispatch is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellaire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bellaire is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Harlan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harlan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Cora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cora is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Smith Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gaylord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Womer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Womer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
- Thornburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornburg is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Nuckolls County
- County Website: https://nuckollscountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Nuckolls: Nelson (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Bostwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bostwick is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostwick
- Superior
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County
- County Website: https://webstercounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Webster: Red Cloud (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ionia ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ionia.
- Pawnee Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pawnee Village is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
- Guide Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amboy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Lester Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lester Junction is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
- Red Cloud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
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- Ionia) 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. |