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Nearest Communities to Rockwell City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 Rockwell City.<1>

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

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Norton County: Decatur, Graham, Phillips, Sheridan, Furnas (NE) & Harlan (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rockwell City. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Norton 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 Rockwell City (which is Norton 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 Rockwell City

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

  • Norton County   (where Rockwell City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.nortoncountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Norton:   Norton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockwell City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockwell City.
      • Reager
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Reager is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
      • Dellvale
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Dellvale is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
      • Oronoque
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Oronoque is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
      • Clayton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Clayton is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
      • Norton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Devizes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Devizes is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devizes
      • Lenora
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • New Almelo
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • New Almelo is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Almelo
      • Calvert
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Calvert is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
      • Edmond
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Edmond is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
        • Edmond has also been known as:
        • Edmond City
      • Almena
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Almena is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
      • Densmore
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Densmore is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
  • Decatur County
    • County Website:   https://www.dccoks.org/
    • County Seat for Decatur:   Oberlin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockwell City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockwell City.
      • Norcatur
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Norcatur is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
      • Lyle
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Lyle is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
      • Jennings
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jennings is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Kanona
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Kanona is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
      • Allison ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Allison is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
      • Dresden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Oberlin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Leoville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Leoville is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
      • Cedar Bluffs
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Cedar Bluffs is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
  • Graham County
  • Phillips County
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockwell City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockwell City.
      • Prairie View
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Prairie View is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Logan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Long Island
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Long Island is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Sheridan County
  • Furnas County
    • County Website:   https://furnascounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Furnas:   Beaver City (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockwell City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockwell City.
      • Wilsonville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Hendley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Deerfield Corner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Deerfield Corner is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Corner
      • Precept
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Precept is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precept
      • Beaver City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollinger
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hollinger is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollinger
  • Red Willow 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- Rockwell City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rockwell City, 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.
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