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Nearest Communities to Monrovia,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

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

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

Monrovia is located in Atchison County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Atchison County: Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Buchanan (MO) & Platte (MO).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 138 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Monrovia. Of these communities, 120 are located in counties other than Atchison 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 Monrovia (which is Atchison 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 Monrovia

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

  • Atchison County   (where Monrovia resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.atchisoncountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Atchison:   Atchison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Monrovia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Monrovia.
      • Farmington
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Effingham
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Lancaster
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lancaster is also located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
      • Shannon
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Shannon is also located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
      • Cummings
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cummings is also located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
      • Parnell
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Parnell is also located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
      • Huron
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Hawthorne
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hawthorne is also located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
      • Goodintent ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Goodintent was located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
      • Muscotah
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Arrington
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennekuk
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Kennekuk is also located in Atchison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennekuk
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Brown County
  • Doniphan County
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
  • Leavenworth County
  • Nemaha County
  • Buchanan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.buchanan.mo.us/
    • County Seat for Buchanan:   Saint Joseph (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Monrovia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Monrovia.
      • Winthrop
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Winthrop is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
      • Lewis and Clark Village
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
      • Sugar Lake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Sugar Lake is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
      • Armour
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Armour is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
      • Rushville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Halls
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Halls is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
      • De Kalb
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
      • Kenmoor
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
      • Mock Corner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
      • Wallace
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Wallace is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
      • Taos
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Taos is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Kirschner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Kirschner is located in Buchanan County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirschner
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Lake Station
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Lake Station is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Station
        • Halleck
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Halleck is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
        • Sparta ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Sparta was located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
        • Faucett
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Lone Star
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Lone Star is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
        • Maxey
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Maxey is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
        • Richie
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Richie is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richie
        • Kyle
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Kyle is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
        • Pinkston
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Pinkston is located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkston
        • Willow Brook
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Ashton ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Ashton was located in Buchanan County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
  • Holt County
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.platte.mo.us/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Platte City (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Monrovia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Monrovia.
      • Sugar Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bean Lake Station
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Bean Lake Station is located in Platte County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Lake Station
      • Iatan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Dye
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Dye is located in Platte County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
      • Sadler
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Sadler is located in Platte County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadler
      • Weston
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Weston is located in Platte County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,834 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <3>
      • Beverly
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Beverly is located in Platte County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
      • West Platte
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Woodruff
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Stillings
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Haydite
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Haydite is located in Platte County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydite
        • New Market
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • New Market is located in Platte County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
        • Buxton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Buxton is located in Platte County (MO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
        • Dearborn
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • East Leavenworth
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Monrovia) 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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