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Nearest Communities to Elsie,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Elsie.<1>

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

Elsie is located in Perkins County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Perkins County: Phillips (CO), Sedgwick (CO), Chase, Hayes, Keith & Lincoln.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elsie. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Perkins 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 Elsie (which is Perkins 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 Elsie

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

  • Perkins County   (where Elsie resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.perkins.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Perkins:   Grant
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elsie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elsie.
      • Grainton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grainton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainton
        • Grainton is located in Perkins County
      • Madrid
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
        • Madrid is located in Perkins County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <4>
      • Grant
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Grant is located in Perkins County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <4>
      • Brandon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
        • Brandon is located in Perkins County
  • Chase County
    • County Website:   www.co.chase.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Chase:   Imperial
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elsie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elsie.
      • Blanche ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
        • Blanche is located in Chase County
      • Catherine ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Catherine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
        • Catherine is located in Chase County
      • Imperial
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Enders
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wauneta
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Chase
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
        • Chase is located in Chase County
  • Hayes County
    • County Website:   www.geocities.com/hayes_county/
    • County Seat for Hayes:   Hayes Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elsie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elsie.
      • Marengo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
        • Marengo is located in Hayes County
      • Hayes Center
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Center
        • Hayes Center is located in Hayes County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes Center <4>
  • Keith County
    • County Website:   www.co.keith.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Keith:   Ogallala
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elsie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elsie.
      • Paxton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Roscoe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roscoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
        • Roscoe is located in Keith County
      • Sarben
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarben
        • Sarben is located in Keith County
      • Nevens
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevens
        • Nevens is located in Keith County
      • Broganville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broganville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broganville
        • Broganville is located in Keith County
      • Ogallala
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Keystone
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   www.co.lincoln.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   North Platte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elsie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elsie.
      • Wallace
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Dickens
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
        • Dickens is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickens <4>
      • Sutherland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Somerset
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
        • Somerset is located in Lincoln County
      • Coker
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
        • Coker is located in Lincoln County
      • O'Fallons
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Fallons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallons
        • O'Fallons is located in Lincoln County
      • Hershey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
        • Hershey is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 644 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hershey <4>

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- Elsie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elsie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8484, Longitude: -101.3902    
<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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