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Nearest Communities to Lydia,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 from Lydia.<1>

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

Lydia is located in Wichita County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wichita County: Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott & Wallace.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lydia. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Wichita 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 Lydia (which is Wichita 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 Lydia

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

  • Wichita County   (where Lydia resides)
    • County Seat for Wichita:   Leoti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lydia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lydia.
      • Coronado
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coronado. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado
        • Coronado is located in Wichita County
      • Leoti
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoti have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoti
        • Leoti is located in Wichita County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leoti <5>
      • Marienthal
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marienthal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienthal
        • Marienthal is located in Wichita County
      • Selkirk ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Selkirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
        • Selkirk is located in Wichita County
        • Selkirk has also been known as:
        • Selkirk Station
  • Finney County
    • County Website:   www.finneycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Finney:   Garden City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lydia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lydia.
      • Wolf
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
        • Wolf is located in Finney County
      • Friend
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
        • Friend is located in Finney County
      • Peterson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peterson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
        • Peterson is located in Finney County
      • Gano
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gano have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
        • Gano is located in Finney County
      • Tennis
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tennis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennis
        • Tennis is located in Finney County
      • Ritchal
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ritchal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchal
        • Ritchal is located in Finney County
      • Lowe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
        • Lowe is located in Finney County
      • Rodkey ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rodkey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodkey
        • Rodkey is located in Finney County
      • Holcomb
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holcomb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb
        • Holcomb is located in Finney County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,042 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holcomb <5>
      • Quinby
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinby
        • Quinby is located in Finney County
  • Greeley County
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Tribune
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lydia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lydia.
      • Whitelaw
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitelaw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
        • Whitelaw is located in Greeley County
      • Tribune
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tribune have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
        • Tribune is located in Greeley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tribune <5>
      • Horace
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Hamilton County
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Syracuse
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lydia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lydia.
      • Kendall
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
        • Kendall is located in Hamilton County
      • Mayline
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayline have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayline
        • Mayline is located in Hamilton County
  • Kearny County
    • County Seat for Kearny:   Lakin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lydia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lydia.
      • Deerfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
        • Deerfield is located in Kearny County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deerfield <5>
      • Lakin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hartland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
        • Hartland is located in Kearny County
      • Sutton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
        • Sutton is located in Kearny County
  • Scott County
    • County Seat for Scott:   Scott City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lydia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lydia.
      • Modoc
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
        • Modoc is located in Scott County
      • Chevron
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevron
        • Chevron is located in Scott County
      • Shallow Water
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shallow Water have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Water
        • Shallow Water is located in Scott County
      • Hutchins
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchins have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
        • Hutchins is located in Scott County
      • Scott City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
        • Scott City is located in Scott County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,736 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott City <5>
      • Pence
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
        • Pence is located in Scott County

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- Lydia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lydia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2784, Longitude: -101.2916       In this case, the coordinates for Lydia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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