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Nearest Communities to Layton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Layton.<1>

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

Layton is located in Chautauqua County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chautauqua County: Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Osage (OK) & Washington (OK).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Layton. Of these communities, 58 are located in counties other than Chautauqua 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 Layton (which is Chautauqua 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 Layton

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

  • Chautauqua County   (where Layton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.chautauquacountyks.com/
    • County Seat for Chautauqua:   Sedan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Layton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Layton.
      • Osro
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Osro is located in Chautauqua County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
        • Osro has also been known as:
        • Osrow
        • Ozro Falls
        • Ozro
        • Ozrow
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Osro
        • From Layton to Osro
      • Wauneta
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hewins
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
      • Gibbs
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Vale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rogers
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Elgin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
        • Elgin has also been known as:
        • New Elgin
      • Cloverdale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Cloverdale is located in Chautauqua County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Sedan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Chautauqua
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Monett
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Grafton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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        • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
        • Peru
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Niotaze
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Niotaze is located in Chautauqua County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niotaze
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
        • Hale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cowley County
  • Elk County
  • Montgomery County
    • County Website:   https://www.mgcountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Montgomery:   Independence
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Layton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Layton.
      • Havana
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Havana is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Caney
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Caney is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <3>
      • Owen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Owen is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
      • Wayside
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Wayside is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Elk City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kay County
  • Osage County
    • County Seat for Osage:   Pawhuska (OK)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Layton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Layton.
      • Boulanger Landing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Boulanger Landing is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulanger Landing
      • Boulangerville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Boulangerville is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulangerville
      • Foraker
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Frankfort
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Grainola
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Blackland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Blackland is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
      • Bigheart
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Bigheart is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigheart
      • Herd
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory Hill
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Hickory Hill is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
      • Pearsonia
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Pearsonia is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonia
      • Whippoorwill
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Ridge
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Oak Ridge is located in Osage County (OK)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
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        • Nanos
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Nanos is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanos
        • Bowring
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Myers
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Myers is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
        • Opah
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Opah is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opah
        • Hulah
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Hulah is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulah
        • Lyman
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Lyman is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
        • Shidler
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Webb City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Webb City is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
        • Cooper
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Cooper is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
        • Lep
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Lep is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lep
        • Carter Nine
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Carter Nine is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Nine
        • Pawhuska
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Okesa
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Okesa is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okesa
        • Kiheki
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Kiheki is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiheki
        • Fite
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Fite is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fite
        • Apperson
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Apperson is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apperson
        • Soldani
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Soldani is located in Osage County (OK)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldani
  • Washington County

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- Layton) 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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