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Nearest Communities to Foraker,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.

Keep in mind 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.

Foraker is located in Osage County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Osage County: Chautauqua (KS), Cowley (KS), Kay, Noble, Pawnee, Tulsa & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Foraker. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Osage 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 Foraker (which is Osage 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 Foraker

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

  • Osage County   (where Foraker resides)
    • County Seat for Osage:   Pawhuska
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foraker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foraker.
      • Blackland
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Blackland is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
      • Grainola
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pearsonia
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Pearsonia is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonia
      • Shidler
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Frankfort
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Webb City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Webb City is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Lyman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Lyman is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Carter Nine
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Carter Nine is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Nine
      • Lep
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lep is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lep
      • Cooper
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cooper is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Myers
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Myers is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
      • Apperson
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Apperson is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apperson
      • Continue List   (31 more) ...
        • Little Chief
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Soldani
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Soldani is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldani
        • Strohm
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Strohm is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strohm
        • Burbank
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Nanos
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Nanos is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanos
        • Opah
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Opah is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opah
        • Remington
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Remington is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
        • Bigheart
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Bigheart is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigheart
        • Herd
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Pawhuska
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Boulangerville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Boulangerville is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulangerville
        • Boulanger Landing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Boulanger Landing is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulanger Landing
        • Fairfax
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Gray Horse
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Kiheki
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Kiheki is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiheki
        • Bowring
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Whippoorwill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Osage Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Osage Junction is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Junction
        • Nelagoney
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Nelagoney is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelagoney
        • Doga
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Doga is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doga
        • Hickory Hill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Hickory Hill is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
        • Oak Ridge
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Oak Ridge is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
        • Pershing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Okesa
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Okesa is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okesa
        • Wynona
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Fite
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Fite is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fite
        • Tallant
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Tallant is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallant
        • Woolaroc
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Woolaroc is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolaroc
        • Hulah
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Hulah is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulah
        • McCord
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • McCord is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
        • Torpedo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Torpedo is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
  • Kay County
  • Pawnee County
  • Chautauqua County
    • County Website:   https://www.chautauquacountyks.com/
    • County Seat for Chautauqua:   Sedan (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foraker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foraker.
      • Hewins
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
      • Osro
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Osro is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
        • Osro has also been known as:
        • Osrow
        • Ozro Falls
        • Ozro
        • Ozrow
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Osro
        • From Foraker to Osro
      • Cedar Vale
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Layton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Elgin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
        • Elgin has also been known as:
        • New Elgin
      • Wauneta
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibbs
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chautauqua
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cloverdale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Cloverdale is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Rogers
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
      • Sedan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Peru
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Peru is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Cowley County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foraker) 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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