Nearest Communities to Williams,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Williams, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Williams:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 south.
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 south 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 Williams.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Williams is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Edwards County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Edwards County: Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt & Stafford.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williams. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Edwards County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Williams (which is Edwards 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 Williams
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Edwards County (where Williams resides)
- County Website: https://www.edwardscountyks.org/
- County Seat for Edwards: Kinsley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Hodges
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hodges is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Centerview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Centerview is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Fellsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
- Kinsley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ardell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ardell is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Nettleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nettleton is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Trousdale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Trousdale is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Offerle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Offerle is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Belpre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belpre is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Ford County
- County Website: https://www.fordcounty.net/
- County Seat for Ford: Dodge City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Windhorst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windhorst is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst
- Windthorst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windthorst is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windthorst
- Bellefont
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bellefont is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefont
- Spearville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spearville is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Bucklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsdown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsdown is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdown
- Wright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wright is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Hodgeman County
- County Website: https://hodgemancountyks.com/
- County Seat for Hodgeman: Jetmore
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Orwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Orwell is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Gray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Hanston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://www.kiowacountyks.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Greensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Greensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Joy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Joy is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Brenham ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brenham is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
- Mullinville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haviland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Belvidere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Pawnee County
- County Website: https://www.pawneecountykansas.com/
- County Seat for Pawnee: Larned
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Garfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Zook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zook is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zook
- Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Frizell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frizell is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizell
- Bert Wettar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bert Wettar is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bert Wettar
- Sanford ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Rozel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Larned
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt County
- County Website: https://www.prattcounty.org/
- County Seat for Pratt: Pratt
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Hopewell ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Byers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Byers is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Cullison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Croft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Croft is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Springvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springvale is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale has also been known as:
- Springdale
- Stafford County
- County Website: https://www.staffordcounty.org/
- County Seat for Stafford: Saint John
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Macksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dillwyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dillwyn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillwyn
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williams) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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