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	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bird City	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	407	15.56% decrease
	Brewster	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	248	12.98% decrease
	Goodland	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	4,388	11.32% decrease
	Hoxie	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	1,115	10.37% decrease
	Oakley	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	1,845	15.09% decrease
	Oberlin	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	1,656	16.95% decrease
	Saint Francis	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	1,282	14.36% decrease
	Bartley (NE)	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	336	5.35% decrease
	Benkelman (NE)	NW	30 mi [48.28 km]	859	14.61% decrease
	Culbertson (NE)	N	30 mi [48.28 km]	530	10.77% decrease
	Indianola (NE)	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	592	7.79% decrease
	Palisade (NE)	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	360	6.74% decrease
	Stratton (NE)	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	356	10.1% decrease
	Trenton (NE)	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	456	10.06% decrease
	Wauneta (NE)	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	546	12.64% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clayton	E	46 mi [74 km]	60	9.09% decrease
	Dresden	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	43	15.69% decrease
	Gem	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	87	9.38% decrease
	Herndon	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	128	14.09% decrease
	Jennings	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	118	19.18% decrease
	McDonald	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	129	18.87% decrease
	Menlo	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	52	8.77% decrease
	Norcatur	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	144	14.79% decrease
	Rexford	SE	28 mi [45.06 km]	142	9.55% decrease
	Selden	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	178	11.44% decrease
	Danbury (NE)	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	120	5.51% decrease
	Haigler (NE)	W	49 mi [78.9 km]	186	11.85% decrease
	Hamlet (NE)	N	40 mi [64.4 km]	51	5.56% decrease
	Hayes Center (NE)	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	221	7.92% decrease
	Lebanon (NE)	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	66	5.71% 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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Atwood
	Cheyenne County	W	Bird City	26 miles [41 km]
	Decatur County	NE	Traer	21 miles [33 km]
	Sheridan County	SE	Selden	31 miles [49 km]
	Thomas County	SE	Breton	27 miles [43 km]
	Dundy County (NE)	NW	Max (NE)	28 miles [45 km]
	Hayes County (NE)	N	Palisade (NE)	37 miles [59 km]
	Hitchcock County (NE)	NW	Stratton (NE)	25 miles [40 km]
	Red Willow County (NE)	NE	Marion (NE)	32 miles [51 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<3>

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