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Nearest Communities to Williamsburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.<1>

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

Williamsburg is located in Franklin County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Johnson, Linn, Miami & Osage.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 85 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williamsburg. Of these communities, 67 are located in counties other than Franklin 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 Williamsburg (which is Franklin 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 Williamsburg

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

  • Franklin County   (where Williamsburg resides)
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Ottawa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williamsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
      • Ransomville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Silkville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkville
        • Silkville is located in Franklin County
        • Silkville has also been known as:
        • Boissiere Silk Farm
        • Valeton
      • Homewood
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pomona
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
        • Pomona is located in Franklin County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomona <4>
      • Princeton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Richter
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richter
        • Richter is located in Franklin County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Richter
        • From Williamsburg to Richter
      • B N Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Richmond
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ottawa
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Ottawa Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottawa Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
        • Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
      • Imes
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Centropolis
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Peoria
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peoria. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
          • Peoria is located in Franklin County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Peoria
          • From Williamsburg to Peoria
        • Norwood
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Norwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
          • Norwood is located in Franklin County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Norwood
          • From Williamsburg to Norwood
        • Rantoul
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Lane
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
          • Lane is located in Franklin County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
          • Lane has also been known as:
          • Lane City
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <4>
        • Le Loup
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Loup have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
          • Le Loup is located in Franklin County
        • Wellsville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
          • Wellsville is located in Franklin County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,784 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <4>
  • Anderson County
    • County Seat for Anderson:   Garnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williamsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
      • Harris
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Glenlock
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • 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.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
        • Glenlock is located in Anderson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Glenlock
        • From Williamsburg to Glenlock
      • Central City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • 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.<5>
        • 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 Williamsburg to Central City
      • Scipio
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • 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.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
        • Scipio is located in Anderson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Scipio
        • From Williamsburg to Scipio
      • Mont Ida
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Garnett
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Greeley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
      • Westphalia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westphalia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      • Welda
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bush City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
        • Bush City is located in Anderson County
      • Colony
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      • Lone Elm
        (30 miles [48.3 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.<5>
        • 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 Williamsburg to Lone Elm
      • Selma
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • 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.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
        • Selma is located in Anderson County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Selma
        • From Williamsburg to Selma
  • Coffey County
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   www.douglas-county.com/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Lawrence
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williamsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
      • Globe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Worden
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Worden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
        • Worden is located in Douglas County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Worden
        • From Williamsburg to Worden
      • Baldwin City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin City
        • Baldwin City is located in Douglas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,689 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin City <4>
      • Lone Star
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
        • Lone Star is located in Douglas County
      • Pleasant Grove
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Black Jack ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
        • Black Jack is located in Douglas County
      • Vinland
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
        • Vinland is located in Douglas County
      • Clinton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Linn County
    • County Seat for Linn:   Mound City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williamsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
      • Parker
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      • Dunlay
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlay
        • Dunlay is located in Linn County
      • Goodrich
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Centerville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyon County
  • Miami County
    • County Website:   www.co.miami.ks.us/
    • County Seat for Miami:   Paola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williamsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
      • Stanton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • 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.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
        • Stanton is located in Miami County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Stanton
        • From Williamsburg to Stanton
      • O'Brien
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Brien have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
        • O'Brien is located in Miami County
      • Osawatomie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Beagle
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beagle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
        • Beagle is located in Miami County
      • Ringer
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringer
        • Ringer is located in Miami County
  • Osage County
    • County Website:   www.osageco.org/
    • County Seat for Osage:   Lyndon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Williamsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
      • Quenemo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Melvern
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
        • Melvern is located in Osage County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
        • Melvern has also been known as:
        • Melvin
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <4>
      • Michigan Valley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Valley
        • Michigan Valley is located in Osage County
      • Lyndon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
        • Lyndon is located in Osage County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyndon <4>
      • Vassar
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Olivet
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lyndon Station
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
        • Lyndon Station is located in Osage County
      • Ridgeton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeton
        • Ridgeton is located in Osage County
      • Overbrook
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Osage City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osage City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
        • Osage City is located in Osage County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,765 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osage City <4>
      • Arvonia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arvonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvonia
        • Arvonia is located in Osage County
      • Four Corners
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
        • Four Corners is located in Osage County
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Peterton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peterton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterton
          • Peterton is located in Osage County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Peterton
          • From Williamsburg to Peterton
        • Barclay
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Swissvale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swissvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
          • Swissvale is located in Osage County
        • Scranton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scranton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
          • Scranton is located in Osage County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scranton <4>
        • Carbondale
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
          • Carbondale is located in Osage County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
        • Burlingame
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlingame have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
          • Burlingame is located in Osage County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
          • Former name for Burlingame:
          • American Settlement
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlingame <4>
        • Mineral Springs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawnee County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williamsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4803, Longitude: -95.4668    
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.




 

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