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Nearest Communities to Ravanna,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Ravanna.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Ravanna is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Finney County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Finney County: Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane & Scott.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ravanna. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Finney County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Ravanna (which is Finney 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 Ravanna

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

  • Finney County   (where Ravanna resides)
    • County Website:   www.finneycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Finney:   Garden City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ravanna   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ravanna.
      • Kalvesta
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kalvesta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalvesta
        • Kalvesta is located in Finney County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Kalvesta
        • From Ravanna to Kalvesta
      • Pierceville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierceville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
        • Pierceville is located in Finney County
      • Mansfield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
        • Mansfield is located in Finney County
      • Gano
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gano have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
        • Gano is located in Finney County
      • Tennis
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tennis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennis
        • Tennis is located in Finney County
      • Garden City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Friend
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
        • Friend is located in Finney County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Friend
        • From Ravanna to Friend
  • Ford County
  • Gray County
  • Hodgeman County
  • Lane County
    • County Seat for Lane:   Dighton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ravanna   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ravanna.
      • Alamota
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alamota have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamota
        • Alamota is located in Lane County
      • Dighton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Amy ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
  • Ness County
    • County Seat for Ness:   Ness City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ravanna   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ravanna.
      • Beeler
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Harold
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harold have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
        • Harold is located in Ness County
      • Laird
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laird. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
        • Laird is located in Ness County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Laird
        • From Ravanna to Laird
  • Scott County
    • County Seat for Scott:   Scott City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ravanna   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ravanna.
      • Grigston
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grigston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigston
        • Grigston is located in Scott County
      • Chevron
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevron have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevron
        • Chevron is located in Scott County

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- Ravanna) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ravanna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1603, Longitude: -100.3807    
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ravanna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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