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Nearest Communities to Franklin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Franklin is located in Franklin County and is the County Seat.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Franklin. Of these communities, 39 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 Franklin (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 Franklin

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

  • Franklin County   (where Franklin resides)
    • County Website:   https://franklincountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Franklin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Bloomington
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Macon
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Macon is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
      • Naponee
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Riverton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Upland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hildreth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Campbell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Adams County
  • Harlan County
    • County Website:   https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Harlan:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Republican City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Huntley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Huntley is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Alma
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Alma is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
      • Ragan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Orleans
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Flynn Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
  • Kearney County
    • County Website:   https://kearneycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Kearney:   Minden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Wilcox
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Keene
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Keene is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Minden
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Norman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Axtell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Koller
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Koller is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koller
  • Phelps County
  • Webster County
    • County Website:   https://webstercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Webster:   Red Cloud
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Inavale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Red Cloud
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bladen
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lester Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Lester Junction is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
      • Amboy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Amboy is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
      • Cowles
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Cowles is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Pawnee Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
  • Phillips County
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Agra
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Agra is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
      • Gretna
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Gretna is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Woodruff
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Woodruff is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Kirwin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Kirwin is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirwin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirwin <3>
      • Phillipsburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rawlins County
  • Smith County
    • County Website:   https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
    • County Seat for Smith:   Smith Center (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Reamsville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Reamsville is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
      • Thornburg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Thornburg is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
      • Womer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Womer is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
      • Cora
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Cora is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
      • Athol
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Athol is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Kensington
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Kensington is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Smith Center
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bellaire
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Bellaire is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
      • Lebanon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Cedar is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
      • Claudell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Claudell is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin) 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.