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Nearest Communities to Midway,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Midway.<1>

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

Midway is located in Ellsworth County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ellsworth County: Barton, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell & Saline.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Midway. Of these communities, 53 are located in counties other than Ellsworth 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 Midway (which is Ellsworth 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 Midway

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

  • Ellsworth County   (where Midway resides)
    • County Website:   www.ellsworthcounty.org
    • County Seat for Ellsworth:   Ellsworth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Midway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Midway.
      • Kanopolis
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanopolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanopolis
        • Kanopolis is located in Ellsworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanopolis <4>
      • Frantz ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frantz have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frantz
        • Frantz is located in Ellsworth County
      • Yankee Run
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Venango
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venango have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
        • Venango is located in Ellsworth County
      • Ellsworth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lorraine
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lorraine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
        • Lorraine is located in Ellsworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Langley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
        • Langley is located in Ellsworth County
      • Carneiro ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carneiro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneiro
        • Carneiro is located in Ellsworth County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Carneiro
        • From Midway to Carneiro
      • Terra Cotta
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terra Cotta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
        • Terra Cotta is located in Ellsworth County
      • Holyrood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holyrood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyrood
        • Holyrood is located in Ellsworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holyrood <4>
      • Arcola
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arcola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
        • Arcola is located in Ellsworth County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Arcola
        • From Midway to Arcola
      • Black Wolf ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
        • Black Wolf is located in Ellsworth County
      • Wilson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Barton County
    • County Website:   www.bartoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Barton:   Great Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Midway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Midway.
      • Farhman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Farhman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farhman
        • Farhman is located in Barton County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Farhman
        • From Midway to Farhman
      • Claflin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Hitschmann
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hitschmann. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitschmann
        • Hitschmann is located in Barton County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Hitschmann
        • From Midway to Hitschmann
      • Odin
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Dubuque ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Beaver
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Beaver is located in Barton County
      • Ellinwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Redwing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Redwing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
        • Redwing is located in Barton County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Redwing
        • From Midway to Redwing
  • Lincoln County
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Lincoln Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Midway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Midway.
      • Westfall
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westfall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
        • Westfall is located in Lincoln County
      • Juniata
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniata have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
        • Juniata is located in Lincoln County
      • Edalgo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edalgo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edalgo
        • Edalgo is located in Lincoln County
      • Barton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
        • Barton is located in Lincoln County
      • Quartzite
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Beverly
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
        • Beverly is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
      • Lincoln Center
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
        • Lincoln Center is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln Center <4>
      • Shady Bend
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
        • Shady Bend is located in Lincoln County
      • Vesper
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vesper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
        • Vesper is located in Lincoln County
      • Sylvan Grove
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
        • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
        • 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 <4>
  • McPherson County
    • County Website:   www.mcphersoncountyks.us/
    • County Seat for McPherson:   McPherson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Midway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Midway.
      • Marquette
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Mackie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
        • Mackie is located in McPherson County
      • Freemount
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freemount have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemount
        • Freemount is located in McPherson County
        • Freemount has also been known as:
        • Freemont City
      • Windom
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jenkins
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
        • Jenkins is located in McPherson County
      • Conway
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lindsborg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • West Johnson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Johnson
        • West Johnson is located in McPherson County
        • West Johnson has also been known as:
        • Johnstown
      • Hilton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
        • Hilton is located in McPherson County
  • Rice County
    • County Website:   www.ricecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Rice:   Lyons
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Midway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Midway.
      • Geneseo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Crawford
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crawford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
        • Crawford is located in Rice County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Crawford
        • From Midway to Crawford
      • Frederick
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
        • Frederick is located in Rice County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
      • Galt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Galt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
        • Galt is located in Rice County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Galt
        • From Midway to Galt
      • Pollard ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pollard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
        • Pollard is located in Rice County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Pollard
        • From Midway to Pollard
      • Bushton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
        • Bushton is located in Rice County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Mitchell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mitchell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Mitchell is located in Rice County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Mitchell
        • From Midway to Mitchell
      • Little River
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyons
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
        • Lyons is located in Rice County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,433 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <4>
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Chase
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
          • Chase is located in Rice County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
        • Saxman
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
          • Saxman is located in Rice County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Saxman
          • From Midway to Saxman
        • Silica
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silica. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
          • Silica is located in Rice County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Silica
          • From Midway to Silica
        • Alden
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
          • Alden is located in Rice County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <4>
        • Raymond
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sterling
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Russell County
  • Saline County
    • County Website:   www.co.saline.ks.us/
    • County Seat for Saline:   Salina
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Midway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Midway.
      • Brookville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Falun
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Salemsborg
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bavaria
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Glendale
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Smolan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smolan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smolan
        • Smolan is located in Saline County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
      • Phillips Village ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillips Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Village
        • Phillips Village is located in Saline County
      • Hedville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedville
        • Hedville is located in Saline County
      • Bridgeport
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Assaria
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assaria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assaria
        • Assaria is located in Saline County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Assaria <4>

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- Midway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6094, Longitude: -98.1545       In this case, the coordinates for Midway 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.




 

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