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Nearest Communities to Precept,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Precept is located in Furnas County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Furnas County: Decatur (KS), Norton (KS), Frontier, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps & Red Willow.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Precept. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Furnas 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 Precept (which is Furnas 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 Precept

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

  • Furnas County   (where Precept resides)
    • County Website:   https://furnascounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Furnas:   Beaver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Precept   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Precept.
      • Hollinger
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Hollinger is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollinger
      • Beaver City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Deerfield Corner
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Deerfield Corner is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Corner
      • Oxford
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Hendley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Edison
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Arapahoe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilsonville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Holbrook
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cambridge
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Harlan County
    • County Website:   https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Harlan:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Precept   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Precept.
      • Stamford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Flynn Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
      • Oxford Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Oxford Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
      • Orleans
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Mascot
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Mascot is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
      • Alma
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • 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>
      • Huntley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Huntley is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Republican City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ragan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Phelps County
  • Red Willow County
  • Decatur County
  • Norton County
    • County Website:   https://www.nortoncountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Norton:   Norton (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Precept   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Precept.
      • Almena
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Almena is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
      • Calvert
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Calvert is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
      • Devizes
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Devizes is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devizes
      • Norton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Norton is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,709 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <3>
      • Oronoque
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Oronoque is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
      • Rockwell City ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockwell City is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
      • Dellvale
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Dellvale is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
      • Reager
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Reager is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
      • Densmore
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Densmore is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
      • Edmond
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Edmond is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
        • Edmond has also been known as:
        • Edmond City
  • Phillips County
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Precept   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Precept.
      • Long Island
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Long Island is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Woodruff
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Woodruff is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Prairie View
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Prairie View is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Stuttgart
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Stuttgart is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
      • Logan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Logan is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <3>
      • Phillipsburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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 from Point A (ie- Precept) 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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