Nearest Communities to Wakarusa,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wakarusa, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wakarusa:
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 from Wakarusa.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wakarusa is located in Shawnee County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shawnee County: Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie & Wabaunsee.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 107 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wakarusa. Of these communities, 81 are located in counties other than Shawnee 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 Wakarusa (which is Shawnee 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 Wakarusa
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Shawnee County (where Wakarusa resides)
- County Website: https://www.snco.gov/
- County Seat for Shawnee: Topeka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Cullen Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
- Pauline
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pauline is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
- Berryton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Berryton is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Terra Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Terra Heights is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Heights
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,203 people
- Lindbloom Park ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lindbloom Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbloom Park
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Mathews Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mathews Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Park
- Highland Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Watson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Watson is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Topeka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tecumseh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Topeka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
- Smiths Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Ferry is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
- Menoken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Menoken is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
- Spencer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kiro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kiro is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiro
- Valencia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valencia is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elmont is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmont
- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willard is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Rossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.dgcoks.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Lawrence
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Big Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Stull
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stull is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Grover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Globe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Kanwaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kanwaka is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanwaka
- Kanwaka has also been known as:
- Kanawha
- Kannaka
- Kanwaca
- Lone Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Lecompton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Worden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Pleasant Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Broken Arrow Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Broken Arrow Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Arrow Park
- Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
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- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Sibleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Douglas County
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- Vinland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Baldwin City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Noria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincoks.org/
- County Seat for Franklin: Ottawa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Centropolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Pomona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Richter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
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- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ottawa Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Ottawa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ransomville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ransomville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Homewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://jacksoncountyks.com/
- County Seat for Jackson: Holton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Hoyt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Delia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jefferson County
- County Website: https://www.jfcountyks.com/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Oskaloosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Grantville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Newman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Thompsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Perry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meriden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hilldale South
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale South
- Hilldale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- West Shore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Shore is located in Jefferson County
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- Lakeside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
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- Buck Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Indian Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Rock Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Ozawkie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Oskaloosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://www.lyoncountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Lyon: Emporia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Miller
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Admire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Osage County
- County Website: https://osageco.org/
- County Seat for Osage: Lyndon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Mineral Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
- Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Scranton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Swissvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swissvale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
- Overbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burlingame
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burlingame is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Former name for Burlingame:
- American Settlement
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- Lyndon Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lyndon Station is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Vassar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Michigan Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Valley is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Valley
- Peterton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peterton is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterton
- Osage City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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- Lyndon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Quenemo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quenemo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quenemo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quenemo has also been known as:
- Quenemo Agency
- Barclay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Melvern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Melvern is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Melvern has also been known as:
- Melvin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <3>
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Arvonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arvonia is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvonia
- Ridgeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgeton is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeton
- Pottawatomie County
- Wabaunsee County
- County Website: https://www.wbcounty.org/
- County Seat for Wabaunsee: Alma
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wakarusa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wakarusa.
- Harveyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harveyville is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Wilmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bradford is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Keene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Keene is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Maple Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eskridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eskridge is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Vera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vera is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
- Hessdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hessdale is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessdale
- Paxico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Newbury has also been known as:
- New Berry
- Newberry
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wakarusa) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |