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Nearest Communities to Marmaton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Marmaton.<1>

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

Marmaton is located in Bourbon County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bourbon County: Allen, Anderson, Crawford, Linn, Neosho & Vernon (MO).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 130 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Marmaton. Of these communities, 107 are located in counties other than Bourbon 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 Marmaton (which is Bourbon 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 Marmaton

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

  • Bourbon County   (where Marmaton resides)
  • Allen County
  • Anderson County
  • Crawford County
  • Linn County
  • Neosho County
  • Barton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bartoncounty.com/
    • County Seat for Barton:   Lamar (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marmaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marmaton.
      • Oskaloosa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Oskaloosa is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskaloosa
      • Ardath
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Ardath is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardath
      • Burgess
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
        • Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
      • Hannon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Hannon is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
      • Miller Brothers ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Miller Brothers is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Brothers
      • Liberal
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
      • Verdella
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Verdella is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdella
      • Mindenmines
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wimmer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Wimmer is located in Barton County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimmer
  • Bates County
  • Vernon County
    • County Website:   https://vernoncountymo.org/
    • County Seat for Vernon:   Nevada (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marmaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marmaton.
      • Bunnville ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Bunnville is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnville
      • Eve
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Eve is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eve
      • Katy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Katy is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Swart
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Swart is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swart
      • Richards
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Deerfield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
      • Stotesbury
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Amos
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Amos is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
      • Rinehart
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Rinehart is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinehart
      • Ellis
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Ellis is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
      • Moundville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Temple ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Wolfe ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wolfe is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe
        • Bronaugh
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hong
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Hong is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hong
        • Rock
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Rock is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
        • Metz
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Dean Ford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Dean Ford is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Ford
        • Blaine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Blaine is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
        • Nevada
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Horton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
        • Nassau Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Nassau Junction is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Junction
        • Arthur
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Arthur is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
        • Milo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Milo is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
        • Panama
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Panama is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
        • Bristow
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Bristow is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
        • Ketterman
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Ketterman is located in Vernon County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman

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- Marmaton) 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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