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Nearest Communities to Lucas,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 starting from Lucas.<1>

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

Lucas 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 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lucas. Of these communities, 35 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 Lucas (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 Lucas

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

  • Russell County   (where Lucas resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.russellcountykansas.com/
    • County Seat for Russell:   Russell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lucas   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lucas.
      • Luray
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorrance
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Waldo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • 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
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Waldo
        • From Lucas to Waldo
      • Bunker Hill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Homer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Homer is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Russell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Paradise is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Balta ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairport
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Fairport is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
      • Gorham
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Barton County
  • Ellsworth County
  • Lincoln County
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Lincoln Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lucas   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lucas.
      • Wolf Creek
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wolf Creek is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
      • Sylvan Grove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • 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>
      • Grant
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Grant is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Ash Grove
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ash Grove is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
      • Denmark
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Vesper
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Vesper is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
      • Goldenrod
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Goldenrod is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenrod
      • Lincoln Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Quartzite
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Barton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Barton is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
        • Barnard
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Barnard is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
        • Edalgo
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Edalgo is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edalgo
        • Shady Bend
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Shady Bend is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
        • Westfall
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Westfall is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
        • Beverly
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Beverly is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Mitchell County
  • Osborne County
    • County Website:   https://www.osbornecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Osborne:   Osborne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lucas   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lucas.
      • Cheyenne
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
        • Cheyenne has also been known as:
        • Cheyenne City
      • Cheyenne Gap
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cheyenne Gap is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Gap
      • Vincent
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Vincent is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Covert
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Covert is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
      • Corinth
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Corinth is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Forney
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Forney is located in Osborne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
      • Osborne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Natoma
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Downs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bloomington
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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 from Point A (ie- Lucas) 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.