Nearest Communities to Lamar,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Lamar, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Lamar:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northwest 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 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Lamar.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Lamar is located in Chase County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chase County: Phillips (CO), Yuma (CO), Dundy, Hayes & Perkins.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 16 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lamar. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Chase 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 Lamar (which is Chase 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 Lamar
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Chase County (where Lamar resides)
- County Website: www.co.chase.ne.us/
- County Seat for Chase: Imperial
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Chase County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Chase County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Chase County
- Nearest Communities to Lamar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lamar.
- Chase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Crete
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Crete is located in Chase County
- Champion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Champion is located in Chase County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Champion <4>
- Imperial
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
- Imperial is located in Chase County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial <4>
- Enders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Enders is located in Chase County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enders <4>
- Dundy County
- County Seat for Dundy: Benkelman
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Dundy County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Dundy County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Dundy County
- Nearest Communities to Lamar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lamar.
- Lamont ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Ough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ough
- Ough is located in Dundy County
- Perkins County
- County Website: www.co.perkins.ne.us/
- County Seat for Perkins: Grant
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Perkins County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Perkins County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Perkins County
- Nearest Communities to Lamar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lamar.
- Venango
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venango have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
- Venango is located in Perkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venango <4>
- Brandon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Perkins County
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- 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>
- Madrid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- 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>
- Phillips County
- County Seat for Phillips: Holyoke (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Phillips County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Phillips County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Phillips County
- Nearest Communities to Lamar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lamar.
- Amherst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Phillips County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amherst <4>
- Holyoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Holyoke is located in Phillips County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,239 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holyoke <4>
- Paoli
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paoli have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Paoli is located in Phillips County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paoli <4>
- Yuma County
- County Seat for Yuma: Wray (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Yuma County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Yuma County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Yuma County
- Nearest Communities to Lamar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lamar.
- Alvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Wauneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
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- Lamar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lamar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5725, Longitude: -101.9793 In this case, the coordinates for Lamar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |