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Nearest Communities to Wichita,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wichita.<1>

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

Wichita is located in Sedgwick County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sedgwick County: Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Kingman, Reno & Sumner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 142 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wichita. Of these communities, 68 are located in counties other than Sedgwick 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 Wichita (which is Sedgwick 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 Wichita

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

  • Sedgwick County   (where Wichita resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Sedgwick:   Wichita
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wichita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wichita.
      • Cow Town
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
      • Eastborough
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Eastborough is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastborough
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
      • Bonnie Brae
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Bonnie Brae is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
      • Forest Hills
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Forest Hills is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
      • Minneha
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Minneha is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneha
      • Tolerville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Tolerville is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolerville
      • Glenville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Glenville is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
      • Keeler
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Keeler is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
      • Midland
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Midland is located in Sedgwick County
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      • Oaklawn
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Oaklawn is located in Sedgwick County
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      • Purcell
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Purcell is located in Sedgwick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
      • Riverside
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Connell
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
          • Connell is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Cessna
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
          • Cessna is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
        • Oatville
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • County Acres
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
          • County Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Meadowview
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
          • Meadowview is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Riverview
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
          • Riverview is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Wichita Heights
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Arthur Heights
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Arthur Heights is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Bel Aire
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bellaire
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bellaire is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Midland Park
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Midland Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Midland Tower
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Midland Tower is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Mona Kay Heights
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Mona Kay Heights is located in Sedgwick County
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        • South Seneca Gardens
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • South Seneca Gardens is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Prospect Park
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Prospect Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Rolling Hills
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Tyler
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Tyler is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Westlink Village
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Westlink Village is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Greenwich Heights
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Greenwich Heights is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Lakeside Acres
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Lakeside Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Linwood Acres
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Linwood Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Kechi
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
          • Kechi is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kechi
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,109 people
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        • Childs Acres
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Childs Acres is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Sunset Park
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • Sunset Park is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Murray Gill
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Prospect
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Prospect is located in Sedgwick County
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        • The Dell
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • The Dell is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Park East
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Park East is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Springdale
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Springdale is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Park City
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Maize
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <3>
        • Haysville
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Sand Burr Hill
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Sand Burr Hill is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Burr Hill
        • Schulte ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Schulte is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Brookhaven
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Brookhaven is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Greenwich
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
        • Spasticville
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
          • Spasticville is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Valley Center
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Berwet
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Berwet is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Derby
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Waco
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Waco is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
        • Wego-Waco
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Bayneville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunnydale
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Sunnydale is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Colwich
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Goddard
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Saint Marks
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Saint Marks is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Furley
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Furley is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Coleman
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mulvane
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Peck
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Clearwater
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Clonmel
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Marys
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Saint Marys is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
        • Andale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Bentley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Garden Plain
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
        • Mount Hope
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Viola
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Paul
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Saint Paul is located in Sedgwick County
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        • Cheney
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Anness
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Butler County
  • Cowley County
  • Harvey County
  • Kingman County
  • Reno County
  • Sumner County

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- Wichita) 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.