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Nearest Communities to Velma,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Velma.<1>

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

Velma is located in Arthur County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Arthur County: Garden, Grant, Hooker, Keith & McPherson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Velma. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Arthur 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 Velma (which is Arthur 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 Velma

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

  • Arthur County   (where Velma resides)
    • County Seat for Arthur:   Arthur
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Velma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Velma.
      • Arthur
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • McKeag
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKeag have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeag
        • McKeag is located in Arthur County
      • Rounds Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rounds Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rounds Place
        • Rounds Place is located in Arthur County
      • Lyons Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Place
        • Lyons Place is located in Arthur County
      • Lena
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lena have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
        • Lena is located in Arthur County
      • Calora
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calora have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calora
        • Calora is located in Arthur County
      • Bucktail
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucktail have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
        • Bucktail is located in Arthur County
  • Garden County
    • County Website:   www.co.garden.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Garden:   Oshkosh
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Velma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Velma.
      • Rackett
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rackett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rackett
        • Rackett is located in Garden County
      • Lewellen
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Oshkosh
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mumper
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumper
        • Mumper is located in Garden County
  • Grant County
    • County Seat for Grant:   Hyannis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Velma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Velma.
      • Ashby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hyannis
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyannis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyannis
        • Hyannis is located in Grant County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyannis <3>
      • Duluth
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duluth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
        • Duluth is located in Grant County
  • Keith County
    • County Website:   www.co.keith.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Keith:   Ogallala
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Velma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Velma.
      • Ruthton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruthton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
        • Ruthton is located in Keith County
      • Belmar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
        • Belmar is located in Keith County
      • Lemoyne
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Martin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
        • Martin is located in Keith County
  • McPherson County
  • Sheridan County

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- Velma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Velma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6314, Longitude: -101.9418       In this case, the coordinates for Velma 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.




 

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