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Nearest Communities to Vera,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note 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.

Vera is located in Wabaunsee County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wabaunsee County: Geary, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley & Shawnee.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 82 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vera. Of these communities, 67 are located in counties other than Wabaunsee 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 Vera (which is Wabaunsee 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 Vera

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

  • Wabaunsee County   (where Vera resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wbcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Wabaunsee:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vera   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vera.
      • Maple Hill
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Paxico
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Newbury
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Newbury is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
        • Newbury has also been known as:
        • New Berry
        • Newberry
      • McFarland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Keene
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Keene is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Allendorph
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Allendorph is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendorph
      • Alma
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Alma is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
      • Hessdale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Hessdale is located in Wabaunsee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessdale
      • Eskridge
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Wabaunsee
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Wabaunsee is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaunsee
        • Bradford
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Bradford is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
        • Volland
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Volland is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volland
        • Harveyville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Harveyville is located in Wabaunsee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
        • Wilmington
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Alta Vista
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyoncountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Emporia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vera   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vera.
      • Agnes City ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Agnes City is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes City
      • Allen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Allen is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
      • Admire
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bushong
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Bushong is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushong
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Miller
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Morris County
  • Osage County
  • Pottawatomie County
  • Riley County
  • Shawnee County
    • County Website:   https://www.snco.gov/
    • County Seat for Shawnee:   Topeka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vera   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vera.
      • Willard
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Willard is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
      • Rossville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Valencia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Valencia is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
      • Dover
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Grove
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Grove is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
      • Kiro
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Smiths Ferry
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Smiths Ferry is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
      • Menoken
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Menoken is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
      • Auburn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Cullen Village
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
      • Elmont
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Elmont is located in Shawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmont
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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- Vera) 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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