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Nearest Communities to South Hoisington,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

Keep in mind 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.


South Hoisington is located in Barton County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barton County: Ellis, Ellsworth, Pawnee, Rice, Rush, Russell & Stafford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Hoisington. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Barton 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 South Hoisington (which is Barton 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 South Hoisington

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

  • Barton County   (where South Hoisington resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bartoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Barton:   Great Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Hoisington
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Kanbrick
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Kanbrick is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
      • Boyd ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Boyd is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Redwing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Redwing is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
      • Heizer
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Heizer is located in Barton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
      • Olmitz
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Stickney
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Stickney is located in Barton County
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      • Susank
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Susank is located in Barton County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Odin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Odin is located in Barton County
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      • Great Bend
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Beaver
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Beaver is located in Barton County
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      • Millard
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Millard is located in Barton County
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        • Anchorway
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Anchorway is located in Barton County
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        • Dartmouth
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Dartmouth is located in Barton County
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        • Claflin
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Hitschmann
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Hitschmann is located in Barton County
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        • Galatia
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Galatia is located in Barton County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
        • Albert
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Ellinwood
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dundee
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Dundee is located in Barton County
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        • Farhman
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Farhman is located in Barton County
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        • Dubuque ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Dubuque is located in Barton County
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        • Pawnee Rock
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellis County
  • Ellsworth County
    • County Website:   https://www.ellsworthcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Ellsworth:   Ellsworth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Holyrood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Lorraine
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Lorraine is located in Ellsworth County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Wilson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilson is located in Ellsworth County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
      • Black Wolf ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Black Wolf is located in Ellsworth County
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      • Frantz ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Frantz is located in Ellsworth County
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  • Pawnee County
    • County Website:   https://www.pawneecountykansas.com/
    • County Seat for Pawnee:   Larned
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Ray ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Ray is located in Pawnee County
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      • Ash Valley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
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      • Larned
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Vaughn
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Vaughn is located in Pawnee County
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  • Rice County
    • County Website:   https://www.ricecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Rice:   Lyons
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Bushton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Bushton is located in Rice County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Silica
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Silica is located in Rice County
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      • Raymond
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Raymond is located in Rice County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
      • Chase
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Chase is located in Rice County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
      • Frederick
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Frederick is located in Rice County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
      • Pollard ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Pollard is located in Rice County
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      • Alden
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rush County
    • County Website:   https://rushcountykansas.org/
    • County Seat for Rush:   La Crosse
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Otis
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Schaffer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Schaffer is located in Rush County
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      • Timken
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Timken is located in Rush County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
      • Bison
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Bison is located in Rush County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Loretta
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Loretta is located in Rush County
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        • Former names for Loretta:
        • Illinois
        • Marienfeld
      • La Crosse
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Rush Center
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Russell County
    • County Website:   https://www.russellcountykansas.com/
    • County Seat for Russell:   Russell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Milberger
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Milberger is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
      • Bunker Hill
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Dorrance
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Homer
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Homer is located in Russell County
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      • Russell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Balta ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Balta is located in Russell County
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      • Gorham
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stafford County
    • County Website:   https://www.staffordcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Stafford:   Saint John
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Hoisington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Hoisington.
      • Seward
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Seward is located in Stafford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
      • Radium
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Radium is located in Stafford County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
      • Hudson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hudson is located in Stafford County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people

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- South Hoisington) 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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