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Nearest Communities to Utopia,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Utopia.<1>

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


Utopia is located in Greenwood County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greenwood County: Butler, Chase, Coffey, Elk, Lyon, Wilson & Woodson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Utopia. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Greenwood 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 Utopia (which is Greenwood 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 Utopia

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

  • Greenwood County   (where Utopia resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.greenwoodcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Greenwood:   Eureka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Utopia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Utopia.
      • Tonovay
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Tonovay is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonovay
      • Hamilton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eureka
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Eureka is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <3>
      • Thrall
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Thrall is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
      • Neal
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Neal is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
      • Landergin ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Landergin is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landergin
      • Burkett
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Burkett is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett
      • Rocky Ford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Rocky Ford is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Lapland
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Lapland is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
      • Quincy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Quincy is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Bisbee
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bisbee is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bisbee
      • Virgil
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Virgil is located in Greenwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Climax
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Climax is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
        • Reece
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Reece is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
        • Hilltop
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Hilltop is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
        • Teterville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Teterville is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teterville
        • Belleview ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Belleview is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
        • Ivanpah
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
        • Sallyards
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Sallyards is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sallyards
        • Kenbro
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Kenbro is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenbro
        • Madison
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Lamont
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Severy
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Severy is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severy
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
        • Piedmont
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Fall River
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Blodgett
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Blodgett is located in Greenwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://www.bucoks.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   El Dorado
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Utopia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Utopia.
      • Summit
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Summit is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Rosalia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Beaumont
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Cassoday
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Aikman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Aikman is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikman
      • Keighley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Keighley is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
      • Pontiac
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Pontiac is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
      • Chelsea ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Chelsea is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
  • Chase County
  • Coffey County
  • Elk County
    • County Website:   https://www.elkcountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Elk:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Utopia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Utopia.
      • Fiat
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Fiat is located in Elk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
      • Cave Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Cave Springs is located in Elk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
      • Howard
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Howard is located in Elk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
        • Former name for Howard:
        • Howard City
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <3>
  • Lyon County
  • Wilson County
    • County Website:   http://www.wilsoncountykansas.org/
    • County Seat for Wilson:   Fredonia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Utopia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Utopia.
      • Coyville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Coyville is located in Wilson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
      • Middletown
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Middletown is located in Wilson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • New Albany
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • New Albany is located in Wilson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
  • Woodson County
    • County Website:   http://woodsoncounty.net/
    • County Seat for Woodson:   Yates Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Utopia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Utopia.
      • Toronto
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Batesville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Batesville is located in Woodson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
      • Yates Center
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Durand
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Durand is located in Woodson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
      • Hasty
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Hasty is located in Woodson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
      • Rose
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Rose is located in Woodson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Utopia) 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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