Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rocky Ford, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rocky Ford:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rocky Ford is located in Riley County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Riley County: Clay, Geary, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee & Washington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rocky Ford. Of these communities, 50 are located in counties other than Riley 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 Rocky Ford (which is Riley 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 Rocky Ford
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Riley County (where Rocky Ford resides)
- County Website: https://www.rileycountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Riley: Manhattan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Manhattan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bluemont Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluemont Hill is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluemont Hill
- Sunset Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Park is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Fairmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Eureka Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Keats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keats is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Elm Hollow Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Hollow Corner is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hollow Corner
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland has also been known as:
- Ashland Bottoms
- Pillsbury Crossing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pillsbury Crossing is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury Crossing
- Zeandale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zeandale is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeandale
- Ogden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Former names for Riley:
- Riley Center
- Union
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riley <3>
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Leonardville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leonardville is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Leonardville has also been known as:
- Leonard
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardville <3>
- Randolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Walsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walsburg is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsburg
- Bala
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bala is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala
- Winkler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winkler is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Lasita ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lasita is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
- May Day
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- May Day is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Day
- Clay County
- County Website: https://www.claycountykansas.org/
- County Seat for Clay: Clay Center
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Wakefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broughton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Clay Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dickinson County
- County Website: https://www.dkcoks.gov/
- County Seat for Dickinson: Abilene
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Upland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upland is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
- Sutphen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphen is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphen
- Chapman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Geary County
- County Website: https://www.gearycounty.org/
- County Seat for Geary: Junction City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Grandview Plaza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Plaza is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,553 people
- Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Junction City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alida is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Wreford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wreford is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wreford
- Kansas Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kansas Falls is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Falls
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://ks283.cichosting.com/main/
- County Seat for Marshall: Marysville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Cottage Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cottage Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Irving ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Nolan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nolan is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
- Blue Rapids
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lillis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lillis is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillis
- Morris County
- County Website: https://www.morriscountyks.org/
- County Seat for Morris: Council Grove
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Dwight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dwight is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
- Skiddy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Skiddy is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skiddy
- Nemaha County
- County Website: https://www.nmcoks.us/
- County Seat for Nemaha: Seneca
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- Neuchatel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neuchatel is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuchatel
- Pottawatomie County
- County Website: https://www.pottcounty.org/
- County Seat for Pottawatomie: Westmoreland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Swamp Angel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swamp Angel is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Angel
- Flush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flush is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flush
- Saint George
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Olsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Louisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <3>
- Fostoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fostoria is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Westmoreland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wamego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Laclede
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Laclede is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Belvue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belvue is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Wheaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wheaton is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Aikins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aikins is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikins
- Duluth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duluth is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Emmett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Onaga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clere is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clere
- Barret
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barret is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barret
- Wabaunsee County
- County Website: https://www.wbcounty.org/
- County Seat for Wabaunsee: Alma
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Wabaunsee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wabaunsee is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaunsee
- Alma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McFarland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Volland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Volland is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volland
- Allendorph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Allendorph is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendorph
- Newbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newbury is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Newbury has also been known as:
- New Berry
- Newberry
- Paxico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alta Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vera is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
- Hessdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hessdale is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessdale
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rocky Ford) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |