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Nearest Communities to Pontiac,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Pontiac.<1>

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

Pontiac is located in Butler County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Butler County: Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick & Sumner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 82 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pontiac. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Butler 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 Pontiac (which is Butler 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 Pontiac

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

  • Butler County   (where Pontiac resides)
  • Chase County
  • Cowley County
  • Greenwood County
    • County Website:   https://www.greenwoodcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Greenwood:   Eureka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pontiac   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pontiac.
      • Sallyards
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Sallyards is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sallyards
      • Ivanpah
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
      • Belleview ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Belleview is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
      • Reece
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Blodgett
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Blodgett is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
      • Landergin ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Landergin is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landergin
      • Lapland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Teterville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Teterville is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teterville
      • Eureka
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Eureka is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
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      • Piedmont
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Thrall
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Thrall is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
      • Climax
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Climax is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
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        • Utopia
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Utopia is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
        • Burkett
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Burkett is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett
        • Tonovay
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Tonovay is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonovay
        • Kenbro
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Kenbro is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenbro
        • Severy
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harvey County
  • Marion County
  • Sedgwick County
    • County Website:   https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Sedgwick:   Wichita
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pontiac   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pontiac.
      • Brookhaven
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Brookhaven is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Greenwich
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
      • Lakeside Acres
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Lakeside Acres is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Acres
      • Park East
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Park East is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park East
      • Springdale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Springdale is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Furley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Furley is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furley
      • Linwood Acres
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Linwood Acres is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Acres
      • Greenwich Heights
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Greenwich Heights is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Heights
      • Forest Hills
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Forest Hills is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
      • Minneha
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Minneha is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneha
      • Arthur Heights
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Arthur Heights is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Heights
      • Bel Aire
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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        • Bellaire
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Bellaire is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
        • Bonnie Brae
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
        • Kechi
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Kechi is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kechi
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,109 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kechi <3>
        • Tolerville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Tolerville is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolerville

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pontiac) 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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