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Nearest Communities to Thornburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Thornburg.<1>

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

Thornburg is located in Smith County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Smith County: Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Franklin (NE) & Webster (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Thornburg. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Smith 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 Thornburg (which is Smith 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 Thornburg

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

  • Smith County   (where Thornburg resides)
    • County Website:   https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
    • County Seat for Smith:   Smith Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thornburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thornburg.
      • Womer
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Womer is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
      • Reamsville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Reamsville is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
      • Cora
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Cora is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
      • Smith Center
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bellaire
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Bellaire is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
      • Athol
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Athol is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Lebanon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kensington
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Kensington is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Gaylord
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cedar
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Cedar is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
      • Harlan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Harlan is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Claudell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Claudell is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
      • Dispatch
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Dispatch is located in Smith County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
  • Jewell County
    • County Website:   https://jewellcountykansas.net/
    • County Seat for Jewell:   Mankato
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thornburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thornburg.
      • Esbon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Northbranch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Northbranch is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbranch
      • Otego
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Otego is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
      • Wesley Center
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Wesley Center is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Center
      • Dentonia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Dentonia is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentonia
      • Burr Oak
        (25 miles [40.2 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
      • Ionia
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ionia is located in Jewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
  • Osborne County
  • Phillips County
  • Rawlins County
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://franklincountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Franklin (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thornburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thornburg.
      • Riverton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Franklin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomington
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Macon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Macon is located in Franklin County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
      • Naponee
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Naponee is located in Franklin County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naponee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naponee <3>
      • Campbell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Upland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Upland is located in Franklin County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upland <3>
      • Hildreth
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harlan County
  • Webster County
    • County Website:   https://webstercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Webster:   Red Cloud (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thornburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thornburg.
      • Inavale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Cloud
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Amboy
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
      • Lester Junction
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Lester Junction is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
      • Pawnee Village
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
      • Cowles
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Cowles is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Guide Rock
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bladen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Bladen is located in Webster County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladen <3>

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- Thornburg) 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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