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Nearest Communities to Armstrong,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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.

Armstrong is located in Emmet County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Emmet County: Dickinson, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Jackson (MN) & Martin (MN).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Armstrong. Of these communities, 63 are located in counties other than Emmet 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 Armstrong (which is Emmet 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 Armstrong

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

  • Emmet County   (where Armstrong resides)
    • County Website:   https://emmetcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Emmet:   Estherville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Armstrong   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Armstrong.
      • Halfa
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Halfa is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfa
      • Gridley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Gridley is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
      • Ringsted
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Maple Hill
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
      • Dolliver
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Forsyth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Forsyth is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
      • Bubona ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bubona is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubona
      • Hoprig
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gruver
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Gruver is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Huntington
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Huntington is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Wallingford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Estherville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Raleigh
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Raleigh is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
  • Dickinson County
  • Hancock County
  • Kossuth County
    • County Website:   https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Kossuth:   Algona
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Armstrong   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Armstrong.
      • Swea ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Swea is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swea
      • Swea City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Seneca
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fenton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
      • Gerled
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lone Rock
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bancroft
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledyard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lotts Creek
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
      • Moores Siding ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Moores Siding is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Siding
      • Burt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Burt is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Lakota
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Lakota is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Whittemore
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
        • German Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Stevens
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Stevens is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
        • Hobarton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
        • Titonka
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Titonka is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
        • Algona
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Sexton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Irvington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Palo Alto County
    • County Website:   https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Palo Alto:   Emmetsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Armstrong   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Armstrong.
      • Depew
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Depew is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Fairville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
      • Graettinger
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Osgood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
      • Cylinder
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Emmetsburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fallow
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
      • Rodman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Ruthven
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bend
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Ayrshire
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Winnebago County
  • Faribault County
  • Jackson County
  • Martin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Martin:   Fairmont (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Armstrong   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Armstrong.
      • Wilbert
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Wilbert is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
      • East Chain
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • East Chain is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chain
      • Ceylon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Ceylon is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceylon <3>
      • Fairmont
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Fairmont Estates
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Fairmont Estates is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Estates
      • Dunnell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Dunnell is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
      • Imogene
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Imogene is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imogene
      • Welcome
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Granada
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fox Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Fox Lake is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Sherburn
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Northrop
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Trimont
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Truman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Truman is located in Martin County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people

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- Armstrong) 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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