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Nearest Communities to Welda,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Welda is located in Anderson County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Anderson County: Allen, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Linn, Miami & Woodson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Welda. Of these communities, 68 are located in counties other than Anderson 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 Welda (which is Anderson 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 Welda

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

  • Anderson County   (where Welda resides)
    • County Seat for Anderson:   Garnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Mont Ida
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Elm
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lone Elm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
        • Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Lone Elm
        • From Welda to Lone Elm
      • Colony
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
        • Colony is located in Anderson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
      • Bush City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
        • Bush City is located in Anderson County
      • Garnett
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Central City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Central City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
        • Central City is located in Anderson County
        • Former name for Central City:
        • Jerome
        • Central City has also been known as:
        • Central
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Central City
        • From Welda to Central City
      • Selma
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Selma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
        • Selma is located in Anderson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Selma
        • From Welda to Selma
      • Glenlock
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenlock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
        • Glenlock is located in Anderson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Glenlock
        • From Welda to Glenlock
      • Kincaid
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kincaid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
        • Kincaid is located in Anderson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Westphalia
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westphalia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
        • Westphalia is located in Anderson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Harris
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Scipio
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scipio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
        • Scipio is located in Anderson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Scipio
        • From Welda to Scipio
      • Greeley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
        • Greeley is located in Anderson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greeley <5>
  • Allen County
    • County Website:   www.allencounty.org/
    • County Seat for Allen:   Iola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Mildred
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mildred have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
        • Mildred is located in Allen County
        • Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
      • Carlyle
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayard
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
        • Bayard is located in Allen County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Bayard
        • From Welda to Bayard
      • Geneva
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gas
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
        • Gas is located in Allen County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Gas
        • From Welda to Gas
      • Iola
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iola have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
        • Iola is located in Allen County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,264 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iola <5>
      • La Harpe
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Moran
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moran have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
        • Moran is located in Allen County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
        • Moran has also been known as:
        • Moran City
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <5>
      • Bassett
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bassett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
        • Bassett is located in Allen County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Humboldt
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Elsmore
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Octagon City ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Leanna
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leanna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
          • Leanna is located in Allen County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Leanna
          • From Welda to Leanna
        • Petrolia
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
          • Petrolia is located in Allen County
        • Savonburg
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
          • Savonburg is located in Allen County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
  • Bourbon County
    • County Website:   www.bourboncountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Bourbon:   Fort Scott
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Xenia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Xenia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
        • Xenia is located in Bourbon County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Xenia
        • From Welda to Xenia
      • Bronson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
        • Bronson is located in Bourbon County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronson <5>
      • Mapleton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Berlin
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berlin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
        • Berlin is located in Bourbon County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Berlin
        • From Welda to Berlin
      • Harding
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harding have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
        • Harding is located in Bourbon County
      • Uniontown
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
        • Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Devon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffey County
    • County Website:   www.coffeycountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Coffey:   Burlington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Aliceville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Le Roy
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Agricola
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agricola have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
        • Agricola is located in Coffey County
      • Waverly
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
        • Waverly is located in Coffey County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waverly <5>
      • Sharpe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharpe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
        • Sharpe is located in Coffey County
      • Halls Summit
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Burlington
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • New Strawn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Beto Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beto Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beto Junction
        • Beto Junction is located in Coffey County
      • Ottumwa
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County
  • Linn County
    • County Seat for Linn:   Mound City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Centerville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Blue Mound
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
        • Blue Mound is located in Linn County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Mound <5>
      • Dunlay
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlay
        • Dunlay is located in Linn County
      • Goodrich
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Parker
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
        • Parker is located in Linn County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
      • Critzer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Critzer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
        • Critzer is located in Linn County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Critzer
        • From Welda to Critzer
      • Farlinville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farlinville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlinville
        • Farlinville is located in Linn County
      • Cadmus
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Mound City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Mantey
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantey
        • Mantey is located in Linn County
  • Miami County
    • County Website:   www.co.miami.ks.us/
    • County Seat for Miami:   Paola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Beagle
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beagle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
        • Beagle is located in Miami County
      • O'Brien
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Brien have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
        • O'Brien is located in Miami County
      • Stanton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
        • Stanton is located in Miami County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Stanton
        • From Welda to Stanton
      • Osawatomie
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fontana
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fontana have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
        • Fontana is located in Miami County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Osage County
  • Woodson County
    • County Website:   www.woodsoncounty.net/
    • County Seat for Woodson:   Yates Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Welda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Welda.
      • Neosho Falls
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neosho Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
        • Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
      • Piqua
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Vernon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Athens
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Athens. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
        • Athens is located in Woodson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Athens
        • From Welda to Athens
      • Hasty
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hasty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
        • Hasty is located in Woodson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Hasty
        • From Welda to Hasty
      • Cookville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cookville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
        • Cookville is located in Woodson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Cookville
        • From Welda to Cookville
      • Durand
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Welda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Welda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1692, Longitude: -95.2944    
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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