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Nearest Communities to Woodruff,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

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.

Woodruff is located in Phillips County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Phillips County: Graham, Norton, Rooks, Smith, Franklin (NE) & Harlan (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Woodruff. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Phillips 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 Woodruff (which is Phillips 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 Woodruff

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

  • Phillips County   (where Woodruff resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodruff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruff.
      • Long Island
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Long Island is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Stuttgart
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
      • Prairie View
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie View is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Phillipsburg
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Gretna
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Gretna is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Speed
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Speed is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Glade
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Glade is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Agra
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Agra is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Logan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Kirwin
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Norton County
    • County Website:   https://www.nortoncountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Norton:   Norton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodruff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruff.
      • Almena
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Almena is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
      • Calvert
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Calvert is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
      • Norton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Densmore
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Densmore is located in Norton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
  • Smith County
  • Franklin County
  • Furnas County
    • County Website:   https://furnascounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Furnas:   Beaver City (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodruff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruff.
      • Precept
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Precept is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precept
      • Hollinger
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Hollinger is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollinger
      • Oxford
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Oxford is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
      • Beaver City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Edison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Edison is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edison <3>
      • Deerfield Corner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Deerfield Corner is located in Furnas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Corner
      • Hendley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Harlan County
    • County Website:   https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Harlan:   Alma (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodruff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruff.
      • Alma
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Alma is located in Harlan County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
      • Orleans
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Flynn Junction
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
      • Republican City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Stamford
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Huntley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Huntley is located in Harlan County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Mascot
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Mascot is located in Harlan County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
      • Oxford Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Oxford Junction is located in Harlan County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
      • Ragan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Ragan is located in Harlan County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragan <3>
  • Kearney County
  • Phelps 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodruff) 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.