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Nearest Communities to Pawhuska,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 Pawhuska.<1>

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

Pawhuska is located in Osage County and is the County Seat.

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 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pawhuska. Of these communities, 27 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 Pawhuska (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 Pawhuska

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

  • Osage County   (where Pawhuska resides)
    • County Seat for Osage:   Pawhuska
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pawhuska   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pawhuska.
      • Nelagoney
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Nelagoney is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelagoney
      • Kiheki
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Kiheki is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiheki
      • Opah
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Opah is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opah
      • Myers
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Myers is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
      • Pershing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wynona
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Nanos
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Nanos is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanos
      • Tallant
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Tallant is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallant
      • Okesa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Okesa is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okesa
      • Pearsonia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pearsonia is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonia
      • Woolaroc
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Woolaroc is located in Osage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolaroc
      • Barnsdall
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (44 more) ...
        • Strohm
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Strohm is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strohm
        • Bigheart
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Bigheart is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigheart
        • Gilland
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Gilland is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilland
        • Fite
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Fite is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fite
        • Blackland
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Blackland is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
        • Nichols
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Nichols is located in Osage County
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        • Herd
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Torpedo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Torpedo is located in Osage County
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        • Hominy
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Wolco
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Wolco is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolco
        • Little Chief
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Bowring
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Indian Village
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Indian Village is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
        • Carter Nine
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Carter Nine is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Nine
        • Oak Ridge
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Oak Ridge is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
        • Foraker
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Shidler
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Avant
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Gray Horse
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Boulangerville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Boulangerville is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulangerville
        • Whippoorwill
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Boulanger Landing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Boulanger Landing is located in Osage County
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        • Morgans Corner
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Morgans Corner is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Corner
        • Fairfax
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Remington
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Remington is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
        • Hickory Hill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Hickory Hill is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
        • Burbank
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Webb City
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Webb City is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
        • Osage Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Osage Junction is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Junction
        • Lep
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Lep is located in Osage County
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        • Hulah
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Hulah is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulah
        • Wild Horse
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Apperson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Apperson is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apperson
        • Grainola
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Lyman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Lyman is located in Osage County
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        • Cooper
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Cooper is located in Osage County
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        • Osage
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Doga
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Doga is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doga
        • Soldani
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Soldani is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldani
        • Skiatook
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Frankfort
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • New Prue
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • New Prue is located in Osage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prue
        • Prue
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Pulare ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Kay County
  • Nowata County
  • Pawnee County
    • County Seat for Pawnee:   Pawnee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pawhuska   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pawhuska.
      • Cleveland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Blackburn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Blackburn is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
      • Ralston
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jobes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jobes is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobes
      • Skedee
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Empy
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Empy is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empy
      • Leander
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Leander is located in Pawnee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
      • Esau Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Esau Junction is located in Pawnee County
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  • Washington County
  • Chautauqua County

Footnotes ...

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