Nearest Communities to Otis,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Otis, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Otis:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 north.
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 north 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 starting from Otis.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Otis is located in Rush County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rush County: Barton, Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Russell & Trego.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Otis. Of these communities, 51 are located in counties other than Rush 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 Otis (which is Rush 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 Otis
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Rush County (where Otis resides)
- County Website: https://rushcountykansas.org/
- County Seat for Rush: La Crosse
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Schaffer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schaffer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
- Timken
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Loretta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- La Crosse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rush Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Liebenthal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Hargrave
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hargrave is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
- Nekoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nekoma is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
- Alexander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alexander is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- McCracken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barton County
- County Website: https://www.bartoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Barton: Great Bend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Olmitz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galatia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Galatia is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Millard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millard is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Heizer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heizer is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
- Stickney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stickney is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Hoisington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kanbrick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kanbrick is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
- South Hoisington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
- Susank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Susank is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
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- Pawnee Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anchorway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Great Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redwing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Beaver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Odin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Odin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Dartmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dartmouth is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
- Hitschmann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hitschmann is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitschmann
- Dubuque ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dubuque is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
- Claflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ellinwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farhman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Farhman is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farhman
- Ellis County
- County Website: https://www.ellisco.net/
- County Seat for Ellis: Hays
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Pfeifer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
- Schoenchen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Victoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Walker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Munjor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Toulon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Antonino
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Antonino is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
- Hays
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Emmeram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Emmeram is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
- Pawnee County
- County Website: https://www.pawneecountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Pawnee: Larned
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Ash Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
- Vaughn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
- Larned
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ray ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Frizell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Frizell is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizell
- Hamburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hamburg is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Sanford ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sanford is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Bert Wettar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bert Wettar is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bert Wettar
- Rozel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Russell County
- County Website: https://www.russellcountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Russell: Russell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Milberger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milberger is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
- Gorham
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Balta ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Balta is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Russell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford County
- County Website: https://www.staffordcounty.org/
- County Seat for Stafford: Saint John
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Radium
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Radium is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Seward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seward is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Otis) 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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