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Nearest Communities to Salem,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 from Salem.<1>

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

Salem is located in Rawlins County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rawlins County: Cheyenne, Decatur, Sherman, Thomas, Dundy (NE), Hitchcock (NE) & Red Willow (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Salem. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than Rawlins 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 Salem (which is Rawlins 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 Salem

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

  • Jewell County
    • County Website:   https://jewellcountykansas.net/
    • County Seat for Jewell:   Mankato
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Esbon
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Otego
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Otego is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
      • Burr Oak
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Northbranch
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Northbranch is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbranch
      • Wesley Center
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Wesley Center is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Center
      • Dentonia
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Dentonia is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentonia
      • Mankato
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Ionia
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ionia is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
      • Montrose
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Montrose is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
        • Former name for Montrose:
        • Delta
      • Jewell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Jewell is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
      • Webber
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Formoso
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Formoso is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Lovewell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Lovewell is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovewell
      • Randall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Randall is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
  • Mitchell County
  • Osborne County
  • Republic County
  • Smith County
    • County Website:   https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
    • County Seat for Smith:   Smith Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Lebanon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cora
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Cora is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
      • Bellaire
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bellaire is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
      • Womer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Womer is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
      • Thornburg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Thornburg is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
      • Smith Center
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Dispatch
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Dispatch is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
      • Reamsville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Reamsville is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
      • Harlan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Harlan is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Gaylord
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Athol
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Athol is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Cedar
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Cedar is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
      • Kensington
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Kensington is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
  • Franklin County
  • Nuckolls County
    • County Website:   https://nuckollscountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nuckolls:   Nelson (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Bostwick
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bostwick is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostwick
      • Superior
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Superior is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,805 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <3>
      • Abdal ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Abdal is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdal
      • Mount Clare
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Mount Clare is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
      • Smyrna
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Smyrna is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Cadams
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Cadams is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadams
      • Saint Stephens
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint Stephens is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
  • Webster County
    • County Website:   https://webstercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Webster:   Red Cloud (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Pawnee Village
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
      • Lester Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Lester Junction is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
      • Amboy
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
      • Red Cloud
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Guide Rock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Inavale
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cowles
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Cowles is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Rosemont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Rosemont is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Salem) 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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