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Nearest Communities to Newkirk,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Newkirk is located in Kay County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kay County: Cowley (KS), Garfield, Grant, Noble & Osage.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Newkirk. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Kay 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 Newkirk (which is Kay 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 Newkirk

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

  • Kay County   (where Newkirk resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.courthouse.kay.ok.us/
    • County Seat for Kay:   Newkirk
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newkirk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newkirk.
      • Bender
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bender is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
      • Kildare
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Kildare is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Middleton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Middleton is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Peckham
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Peckham is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckham
      • Chilocco
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Uncas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Uncas is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uncas
      • Dilworth
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Dilworth is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
      • Grainville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Grainville is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainville
      • Cross ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Ponca City
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Kaw City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • McFadden Cove
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • McFadden Cove is located in Kay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFadden Cove
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Washunga
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Washunga is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washunga
        • Blackwell
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Sumpter
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Sumpter is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
        • Autwine
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Autwine is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autwine
        • Hardy
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Hardy is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
        • Braman
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Tyner
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Tyner is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
        • White Eagle
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Tonkawa
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Nardin
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Eddy
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Eddy is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
        • Alcorn
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Alcorn is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcorn
        • Polk
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Polk is located in Kay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
  • Grant County
  • Noble County
  • Osage County
    • County Seat for Osage:   Pawhuska
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newkirk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newkirk.
      • McCord
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • McCord is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
      • Soldani
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Soldani is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldani
      • Cooper
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Cooper is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Lyman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Lyman is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Apperson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Apperson is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apperson
      • Lep
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Lep is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lep
      • Webb City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Webb City is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Frankfort
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Grainola
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Shidler
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Burbank
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Carter Nine
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Carter Nine is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Nine
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Remington
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Remington is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
        • Foraker
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Doga
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Doga is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doga
        • Little Chief
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairfax
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Osage Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Osage Junction is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Junction
  • Cowley County
  • Sumner County
    • County Website:   https://co.sumner.ks.us/
    • County Seat for Sumner:   Wellington (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newkirk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newkirk.
      • Geuda Springs
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Geuda Springs is located in Sumner County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geuda Springs
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
      • Ashton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Ashton is located in Sumner County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
      • Rome
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Rome is located in Sumner County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Portland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Adamsville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Adamsville is located in Sumner County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
      • Hunnewell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hunnewell is located in Sumner County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
      • South Haven
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Paton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Drury
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Oxford
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dalton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Dalton is located in Sumner County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton

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 from Point A (ie- Newkirk) 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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