Nearest Communities to Athens,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Athens, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Athens:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Athens is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Richardson County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richardson County: Brown (KS), Doniphan (KS), Nemaha (KS), Holt (MO), Nemaha & Pawnee.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 82 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Athens. Of these communities, 66 are located in counties other than Richardson 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 Athens (which is Richardson 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 Athens
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Richardson County (where Athens resides)
- County Website: https://richardsoncountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Richardson: Falls City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Nim City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nim City is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nim City
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Straussville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Falls City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shubert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Archer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Archer is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Preston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Barada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barada is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Arago ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arago is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Rulo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yancton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yancton is located in Richardson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancton
- Gage County
- County Website: https://gagecountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Gage: Beatrice
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Virginia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County
- County Website: https://johnsoncounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Johnson: Tecumseh
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Elk Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Graf ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Graf is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Tecumseh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vesta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vesta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Crab Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Mary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Mary is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
- Nemaha County
- County Website: https://nemahacountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Nemaha: Auburn
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Howe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howe is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Rohrs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rohrs is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrs
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nemaha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <4>
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Glenrock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glenrock is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrock
- Brownville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pawnee County
- County Website: https://pawneecountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Pawnee: Pawnee City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Du Bois
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pawnee City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Table Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Violet is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Steinauer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bookwalter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bookwalter is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookwalter
- Burchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mayberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayberry is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Mission ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Armour ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Armour is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
- Lewiston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tate ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tate is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate
- Brown County
- County Website: https://www.brcoks.org/
- County Seat for Brown: Hiawatha (KS)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Morrill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morrill is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Sun Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fidelity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fidelity is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Hamlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Reserve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reserve is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Padonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Padonia is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Hiawatha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Mercier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercier is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://ks283.cichosting.com/main/
- County Seat for Marshall: Marysville (KS)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Saint Bridget
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Bridget is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bridget
- Axtell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Axtell is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Summerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Beattie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beattie is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Vermillion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vliets
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vliets is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vliets
- Nemaha County
- County Website: https://www.nmcoks.us/
- County Seat for Nemaha: Seneca (KS)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Bern
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bern is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Central City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Central City is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Berwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Oneida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oneida is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Saint Benedict ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Benedict is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Sabetha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Baileyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baileyville is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Woodlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Capioma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Kelly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Centralia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
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- Granada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Corning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Wetmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bancroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bancroft is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Atchison County
- County Website: https://www.atchisoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Atchison: Rock Port (MO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athens ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athens.
- Langdon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Langdon is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Nishnabotna ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nishnabotna is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishnabotna
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Athens) 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 Athens, 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |