Nearest Communities to Orwell,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Orwell, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Orwell:
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 starting from Orwell.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Orwell is located in Hodgeman County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hodgeman County: Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Lane, Ness & Pawnee.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Orwell. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Hodgeman 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 Orwell (which is Hodgeman 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 Orwell
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hodgeman County (where Orwell resides)
- County Website: https://hodgemancountyks.com/
- County Seat for Hodgeman: Jetmore
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orwell.
- Hanston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Bosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bosse is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosse
- Gray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gray is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Jetmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dungans Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dungans Crossing is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungans Crossing
- Edwards County
- County Website: https://www.edwardscountyks.org/
- County Seat for Edwards: Kinsley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orwell.
- Offerle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Offerle is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Ardell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ardell is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Kinsley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nettleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nettleton is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Hodges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Williams ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Lewis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Centerview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerview is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Ford County
- County Website: https://www.fordcounty.net/
- County Seat for Ford: Dodge City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orwell.
- Bellefont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bellefont is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefont
- Spearville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spearville is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Windhorst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Windhorst is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst
- Windthorst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Windthorst is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windthorst
- Wright
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wright is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Fort Dodge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Dodge is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dodge
- Dodge City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilroads Gardens
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilroads Gardens is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads Gardens
- Wilroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilroads is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads
- South Dodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Dodge is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dodge
- Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sears
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sears is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
- Howell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howell is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Ness County
- County Website: https://www.nesscountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Ness: Ness City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orwell.
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Harold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harold is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Bazine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bazine is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Pawnee County
- County Website: https://www.pawneecountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Pawnee: Larned
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orwell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orwell.
- Burdett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Rozel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Bert Wettar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bert Wettar is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bert Wettar
- Sanford ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Frizell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Frizell is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizell
- Hamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
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- Orwell) 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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