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Nearest Communities to Riverton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Riverton is located in Franklin County.

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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Riverton. Of these communities, 42 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 Riverton (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 Riverton

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

  • Franklin County   (where Riverton resides)
  • Adams County
  • Harlan County
  • Kearney County
  • Nuckolls County
    • County Seat for Nuckolls:   Nelson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverton.
      • Saint Stephens
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Stephens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
        • Saint Stephens is located in Nuckolls County
      • Mount Clare
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Clare have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
        • Mount Clare is located in Nuckolls County
      • Lawrence
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
        • Lawrence is located in Nuckolls County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrence <4>
      • Bostwick
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bostwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostwick
        • Bostwick is located in Nuckolls County
  • Webster County
    • County Website:   www.co.webster.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Webster:   Red Cloud
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverton.
      • Inavale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Red Cloud
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Amboy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lester Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lester Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
        • Lester Junction is located in Webster County
      • Cowles
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cowles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
        • Cowles is located in Webster County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Cowles
        • From Riverton to Cowles
      • Pawnee Village
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawnee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
        • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County
      • Bladen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Guide Rock
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guide Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guide Rock
        • Guide Rock is located in Webster County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guide Rock <4>
      • Blue Hill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
        • Blue Hill is located in Webster County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 850 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Hill <4>
      • Rosemont
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jewell County
    • County Seat for Jewell:   Mankato (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverton.
      • Northbranch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northbranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbranch
        • Northbranch is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Wesley Center
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wesley Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Center
        • Wesley Center is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Esbon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esbon
        • Esbon is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esbon <4>
      • Burr Oak
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Otego
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
        • Otego is located in Jewell County (KS)
  • Phillips County
  • Rawlins County
  • Smith County
    • County Seat for Smith:   Smith Center (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverton.
      • Womer
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Thornburg
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
        • Thornburg is located in Smith County (KS)
      • Reamsville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
        • Reamsville is located in Smith County (KS)
      • Cora
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
        • Cora is located in Smith County (KS)
      • Bellaire
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Smith Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lebanon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Athol
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Kensington
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gaylord
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0894, Longitude: -98.7590       In this case, the coordinates for Riverton 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.
<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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