Nearest Communities to Kanwaka,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Kanwaka, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Kanwaka:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Kanwaka.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Kanwaka is located in Douglas County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Osage & Shawnee.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 140 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kanwaka. Of these communities, 118 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Kanwaka (which is Douglas 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 Kanwaka
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Douglas County (where Kanwaka resides)
- County Website: https://www.dgcoks.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Lawrence
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Stull
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stull is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
- Lecompton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawrence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Broken Arrow Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Broken Arrow Park is located in Douglas County
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- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Douglas County
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- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
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- Lone Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
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- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Pleasant Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
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- Noria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
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- Sibleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Globe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
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- Worden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
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- Vinland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
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- Eudora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hesper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
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- Weaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
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- Baldwin City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clearfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
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- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
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- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincoks.org/
- County Seat for Franklin: Ottawa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Centropolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
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- Norwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
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- Le Loup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
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- Wellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
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- Richter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
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- Ottawa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- B N Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- B N Junction is located in Franklin County
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- Imes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
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- Peoria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
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- Jackson County
- County Website: https://jacksoncountyks.com/
- County Seat for Jackson: Holton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- Hoyt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- County Website: https://www.jfcountyks.com/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Oskaloosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Williamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
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- Medina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
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- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buck Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
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- Newman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newman is located in Jefferson County
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- Thompsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville is located in Jefferson County
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- Grantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
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- Lake Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Ridge is located in Jefferson County
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- Lakeside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
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- Hilldale South
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
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- Hilldale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hilldale is located in Jefferson County
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- West Shore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Shore is located in Jefferson County
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- Indian Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
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- Oskaloosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McLouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shore
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
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- Ozawkie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Meriden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Dunavant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
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- Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
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- Valley Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <3>
- Half Mound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Nortonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- County Website: https://www.jocogov.org/
- County Seat for Johnson: Olathe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Clearview City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Prairie Center ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Prairie Center is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cedar is located in Johnson County
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- Edgerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frisbie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Frisbie is located in Johnson County
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- Gardner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wilder is located in Johnson County
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- Clare
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
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- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Chouteau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chouteau is located in Johnson County
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- Craig
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Johnson County
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- Zarah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
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- Holliday
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holliday is located in Johnson County
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- Olathe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shawnee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leavenworth County
- County Website: https://www.leavenworthcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Leavenworth: Leavenworth
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Fall Leaf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Reno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Tonganoxie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Lenape
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lenape is located in Leavenworth County
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- Jarbalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Mahon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mahon is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahon
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Coldspur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coldspur is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldspur
- Little Kaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little Kaw is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kaw
- Loring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Hoge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
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- Basehor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- South Basehor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Basehor is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Basehor
- Stone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Fairmount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Victory Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Junction is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Junction
- East Fairmount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairmount
- Easton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Miami County
- County Website: https://www.miamicountyks.org//
- County Seat for Miami: Paola
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- Antioch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Osage County
- County Website: https://osageco.org/
- County Seat for Osage: Lyndon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Swissvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swissvale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
- Overbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Carbondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
- Michigan Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Michigan Valley is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Valley
- Four Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Scranton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vassar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quenemo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Quenemo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quenemo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quenemo has also been known as:
- Quenemo Agency
- Lyndon Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndon Station is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Burlingame
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burlingame is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Former name for Burlingame:
- American Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlingame <3>
- Lyndon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee County
- County Website: https://www.snco.gov/
- County Seat for Shawnee: Topeka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Watson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Shawnee County
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- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
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- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Tecumseh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lindbloom Park ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lindbloom Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbloom Park
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Shawnee County
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- Berryton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Berryton is located in Shawnee County
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- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
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- Mathews Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mathews Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Park
- Highland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Terra Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Terra Heights is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Heights
- North Topeka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
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- Cullen Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
- Pauline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pauline is located in Shawnee County
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- Topeka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wakarusa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elmont is located in Shawnee County
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- Menoken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Menoken is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
- Smiths Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Smiths Ferry is located in Shawnee County
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- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,203 people
- Kiro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kiro is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiro
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Valencia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Valencia is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
- Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Shawnee County
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- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyandotte County
- County Website: https://www.wycokck.org/
- County Seat for Wyandotte: Kansas City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kanwaka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kanwaka.
- Grandview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Bonner Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sunflower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sunflower is located in Wyandotte County
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- Wallula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
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- Lake of the Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake of the Forest is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Forest
- Piper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
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- Edwardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kanwaka) 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. |