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Nearest Communities to Alma,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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.

Alma is located in Harlan County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harlan County: Norton (KS), Phillips (KS), Franklin, Furnas, Kearney & Phelps.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alma. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Harlan 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 Alma (which is Harlan 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 Alma

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

  • Harlan County   (where Alma resides)
    • County Website:   https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Harlan:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alma.
      • Orleans
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Republican City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Huntley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Huntley is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Flynn Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
      • Stamford
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ragan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Mascot
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mascot is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
      • Oxford Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Oxford Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
  • Franklin County
  • Furnas County
    • County Website:   https://furnascounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Furnas:   Beaver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alma.
      • Oxford
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hollinger
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Hollinger is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollinger
      • Precept
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Precept is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precept
      • Edison
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Beaver City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Deerfield Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Deerfield Corner is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Corner
  • Kearney County
  • Phelps County
    • County Website:   https://phelpscounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Phelps:   Holdrege
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alma.
      • Atlanta
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Clyde
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Clyde is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Sacramento
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Sacramento is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
      • Holdrege
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Funk
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Loomis
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Norton County
  • Phillips County
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alma.
      • Woodruff
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodruff is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Long Island
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Long Island is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Stuttgart
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Stuttgart is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
      • Prairie View
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie View is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Gretna
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Gretna is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Phillipsburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Agra
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Agra is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Glade
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Glade is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Speed
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Speed is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
  • Smith 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- Alma) 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.
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