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Nearest Communities to Ragan,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ragan.<1>

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

Ragan is located in Harlan County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ragan. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Harlan 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 Ragan (which is Harlan 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 Ragan

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

  • Harlan County   (where Ragan resides)
    • County Website:   https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Harlan:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ragan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ragan.
      • Huntley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Huntley is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Mascot
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Mascot is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
      • Alma
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • 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>
      • Republican City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Orleans
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Flynn Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
      • Oxford Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Oxford Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
      • Stamford
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo County
  • Dawson County
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://franklincountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Franklin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ragan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ragan.
      • Hildreth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Naponee
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Macon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Macon is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
      • Upland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bloomington
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Franklin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Campbell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Furnas County
  • Gosper County
  • Kearney County
    • County Website:   https://kearneycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Kearney:   Minden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ragan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ragan.
      • Wilcox
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Axtell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Keene
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Keene is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Minden
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kearney City ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kearney City is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney City
        • Kearney City has also been known as:
        • Dobytown
      • Koller
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Koller is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koller
      • Newark
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Newark is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Norman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Phelps County
    • County Website:   https://phelpscounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Phelps:   Holdrege
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ragan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ragan.
      • Sacramento
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Sacramento is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
      • Clyde
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Clyde is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Funk
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Holdrege
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Atlanta
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Loomis
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bertrand
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Westmark
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Westmark is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
  • Phillips County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ragan) 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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