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Atwood, Kansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is McCook (NE). It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the northeast of Atwood and has a population of 7,994 people.<1>

The next largest community is Colby. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the south of Atwood and has a population of 5,450 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bird City   W26 mi [41.84 km]40715.56% decrease
 Brewster   SW35 mi [56.3 km]24812.98% decrease
 Goodland   SW47 mi [75.6 km]4,38811.32% decrease
 Hoxie   SE44 mi [70.8 km]1,11510.37% decrease
 Oakley   S48 mi [77.2 km]1,84515.09% decrease
 Oberlin   E27 mi [43.45 km]1,65616.95% decrease
 Saint Francis   W40 mi [64.4 km]1,28214.36% decrease
 Bartley (NE)   NE49 mi [78.9 km]3365.35% decrease
 Benkelman (NE)   NW30 mi [48.28 km]85914.61% decrease
 Culbertson (NE)   N30 mi [48.28 km]53010.77% decrease
 Indianola (NE)   NE44 mi [70.8 km]5927.79% decrease
 Palisade (NE)   N37 mi [59.5 km]3606.74% decrease
 Stratton (NE)   NW25 mi [40.23 km]35610.1% decrease
 Trenton (NE)   N25 mi [40.23 km]45610.06% decrease
 Wauneta (NE)   NW45 mi [72.4 km]54612.64% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Clayton   E46 mi [74 km]609.09% decrease
 Dresden   E35 mi [56.3 km]4315.69% decrease
 Gem   S27 mi [43.45 km]879.38% decrease
 Herndon   NE15 mi [24.14 km]12814.09% decrease
 Jennings   E40 mi [64.4 km]11819.18% decrease
 McDonald   W17 mi [27.36 km]12918.87% decrease
 Menlo   SE35 mi [56.3 km]528.77% decrease
 Norcatur   E45 mi [72.4 km]14414.79% decrease
 Rexford   SE28 mi [45.06 km]1429.55% decrease
 Selden   SE31 mi [49.89 km]17811.44% decrease
 Danbury (NE)   NE37 mi [59.5 km]1205.51% decrease
 Haigler (NE)   W49 mi [78.9 km]18611.85% decrease
 Hamlet (NE)   N40 mi [64.4 km]515.56% decrease
 Hayes Center (NE)   N48 mi [77.2 km]2217.92% decrease
 Lebanon (NE)   NE43 mi [69.2 km]665.71% decrease

Rawlins County

Atwood is located in Rawlins County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rawlins: Hitchcock (NE), Red Willow (NE), Decatur, Thomas, Sherman, Cheyenne and Dundy (NE).

Below are counties that are near Atwood (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Atwood:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Atwood
 Cheyenne County   WBird City26 miles [41 km]
 Decatur County   NETraer21 miles [33 km]
 Sheridan County   SESelden31 miles [49 km]
 Thomas County   SEBreton27 miles [43 km]
 Dundy County (NE)   NWMax (NE)28 miles [45 km]
 Hayes County (NE)   NPalisade (NE)37 miles [59 km]
 Hitchcock County (NE)   NWStratton (NE)25 miles [40 km]
 Red Willow County (NE)   NEMarion (NE)32 miles [51 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Atwood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Atwood.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Atwood and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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