Nearest Communities to Schaffer,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Schaffer, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Schaffer:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Schaffer.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Schaffer is located in Rush County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rush County: Barton, Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Russell & Trego.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Schaffer. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Rush 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 Schaffer (which is Rush 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 Schaffer
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Rush County (where Schaffer resides)
- County Seat for Rush: La Crosse
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Kansas
- Rush County
- From Family Search:
- State of Kansas
- Rush County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Kansas
- Rush County
- Nearest Communities to Schaffer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
- Otis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Otis is located in Rush County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <4>
- Timken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - La Crosse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- La Crosse is located in Rush County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Crosse <4>
- Rush Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Center
- Rush Center is located in Rush County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Center <4>
- Loretta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- Liebenthal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liebenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Nekoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Hargrave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - McCracken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
- McCracken is located in Rush County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCracken <4>
- Barton County
- County Website: www.bartoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Barton: Great Bend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Kansas
- Barton County
- From Family Search:
- State of Kansas
- Barton County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Kansas
- Barton County
- Nearest Communities to Schaffer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
- Albert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Albert is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albert <4>
- Olmitz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmitz
- Olmitz is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olmitz <4>
- Heizer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Boyd ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Galatia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Millard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Pawnee Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Rock
- Pawnee Rock is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pawnee Rock <4>
- Kanbrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Anchorway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Hoisington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoisington
- Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoisington <4>
- South Hoisington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Hoisington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
- South Hoisington is located in Barton County
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- Stickney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Great Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Great Bend is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,901 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Bend <4>
- Susank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Redwing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Dartmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Odin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Odin is located in Barton County
- Ellinwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellinwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellinwood
- Ellinwood is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,932 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellinwood <4>
- Hitschmann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hitschmann. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitschmann
- Hitschmann is located in Barton County
- Dubuque ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
- Dubuque is located in Barton County
- Claflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claflin
- Claflin is located in Barton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claflin <4>
- Stickney
- Ellis County
- County Website: www.ellisco.net/
- County Seat for Ellis: Hays
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Kansas
- Ellis County
- From Family Search:
- State of Kansas
- Ellis County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Kansas
- Ellis County
- Nearest Communities to Schaffer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
- Pfeifer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Schoenchen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoenchen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
- Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Munjor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Victoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Toulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Walker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Antonino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Hays
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Hays is located in Ellis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,829 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <4>
- Pawnee County
- County Seat for Pawnee: Larned
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Kansas
- Pawnee County
- From Family Search:
- State of Kansas
- Pawnee County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Kansas
- Pawnee County
- Nearest Communities to Schaffer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
- Ash Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
- Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
- Vaughn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Larned
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larned
- Larned is located in Pawnee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,629 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larned <4>
- Ray ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Ray is located in Pawnee County
- Frizell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Sanford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Hamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Bert Wettar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bert Wettar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bert Wettar
- Bert Wettar is located in Pawnee County
- Rozel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Garfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Pawnee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Zook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Burdett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Russell County
- County Seat for Russell: Russell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Kansas
- Russell County
- From Family Search:
- State of Kansas
- Russell County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Kansas
- Russell County
- Nearest Communities to Schaffer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
- Milberger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
- Milberger is located in Russell County
- Gorham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
- Gorham is located in Russell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <4>
- Balta ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stafford County
- County Website: www.staffordcounty.org/
- County Seat for Stafford: Saint John
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Kansas
- Stafford County
- From Family Search:
- State of Kansas
- Stafford County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Kansas
- Stafford County
- Nearest Communities to Schaffer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
- Radium
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Radium is located in Stafford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Seward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Schaffer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Schaffer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4714, Longitude: -99.0887 In this case, the coordinates for Schaffer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |