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Nearest Communities to Pence,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Pence.<1>

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

Pence is located in Scott County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Scott County: Finney, Gove, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Wallace & Wichita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pence. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Scott 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 Pence (which is Scott 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 Pence

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

  • Scott County   (where Pence resides)
    • County Seat for Scott:   Scott City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pence.
      • Modoc
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Scott City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
        • Scott City is located in Scott County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,736 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott City <4>
      • Hutchins
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
        • Hutchins is located in Scott County
      • Manning
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manning. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
        • Manning is located in Scott County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Manning
        • From Pence to Manning
      • Shallow Water
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shallow Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Water
        • Shallow Water is located in Scott County
      • Grigston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grigston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigston
        • Grigston is located in Scott County
      • Chevron
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevron
        • Chevron is located in Scott County
  • Finney County
  • Lane County
    • County Seat for Lane:   Dighton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pence.
      • Healy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Healy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healy
        • Healy is located in Lane County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Healy <4>
      • Amy ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
        • Amy is located in Lane County
        • Former name for Amy:
        • Ellen
  • Logan County
    • County Seat for Logan:   Oakley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pence.
      • Elkader
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elkader. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkader
        • Elkader is located in Logan County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Elkader
        • From Pence to Elkader
      • Russell Springs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russell Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Springs
        • Russell Springs is located in Logan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Winona
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
        • Winona is located in Logan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
      • McAllaster
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McAllaster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllaster
        • McAllaster is located in Logan County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to McAllaster
        • From Pence to McAllaster
      • Page City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Wichita County
    • County Seat for Wichita:   Leoti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pence.
      • Marienthal
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marienthal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienthal
        • Marienthal is located in Wichita County
      • Coronado
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coronado. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado
        • Coronado is located in Wichita County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Coronado
        • From Pence to Coronado
      • Leoti
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoti have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoti
        • Leoti is located in Wichita County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leoti <4>
      • Lydia
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lydia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
        • Lydia is located in Wichita County
      • Selkirk ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Selkirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
        • Selkirk is located in Wichita County
        • Selkirk has also been known as:
        • Selkirk Station
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Selkirk
        • From Pence to Selkirk

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 from Point A (ie- Pence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6560, Longitude: -101.0735    
<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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