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Nearest Communities to Shallow Water,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Shallow Water.<1>

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

Shallow Water is located in Scott County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Scott County: Finney, Gove, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Wallace & Wichita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shallow Water. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Scott 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 Shallow Water (which is Scott 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 Shallow Water

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

  • Scott County   (where Shallow Water resides)
    • County Seat for Scott:   Scott City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shallow Water   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shallow Water.
      • Hutchins
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
        • Hutchins is located in Scott County
      • Chevron
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevron
        • Chevron is located in Scott County
      • Scott City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
        • Scott City is located in Scott County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,736 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott City <4>
      • Modoc
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
        • Modoc is located in Scott County
      • Grigston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grigston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigston
        • Grigston is located in Scott County
      • Manning
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
        • Manning is located in Scott County
      • Pence
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
        • Pence is located in Scott County
  • Finney County
    • County Website:   www.finneycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Finney:   Garden City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shallow Water   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shallow Water.
      • Friend
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
        • Friend is located in Finney County
      • Gano
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gano have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
        • Gano is located in Finney County
      • Tennis
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tennis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennis
        • Tennis is located in Finney County
      • Lowe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
        • Lowe is located in Finney County
      • Peterson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peterson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
        • Peterson is located in Finney County
      • Ritchal
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ritchal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchal
        • Ritchal is located in Finney County
      • Rodkey ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodkey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodkey
        • Rodkey is located in Finney County
      • Wolf
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
        • Wolf is located in Finney County
      • Holcomb
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holcomb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb
        • Holcomb is located in Finney County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,042 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holcomb <4>
      • Quinby
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinby
        • Quinby is located in Finney County
      • Garden City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Kearny County
  • Lane County
    • County Seat for Lane:   Dighton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shallow Water   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shallow Water.
      • Amy ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      • Healy
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Healy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healy
        • Healy is located in Lane County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Healy <4>
      • Dighton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Shields
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
        • Shields is located in Lane County
  • Logan County
    • County Seat for Logan:   Oakley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shallow Water   ...
      • Elkader
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkader have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkader
        • Elkader is located in Logan County
  • Wichita County
    • County Seat for Wichita:   Leoti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shallow Water   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shallow Water.
      • Marienthal
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marienthal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienthal
        • Marienthal is located in Wichita County
      • Lydia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lydia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
        • Lydia is located in Wichita County
      • Coronado
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coronado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado
        • Coronado is located in Wichita County
      • Leoti
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoti have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoti
        • Leoti is located in Wichita County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leoti <4>

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 from Point A (ie- Shallow Water) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shallow Water. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3736, Longitude: -100.9129       In this case, the coordinates for Shallow Water 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.




 

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