RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Iowa >> Monona County >> Blencoe >> Nearby CommunitiesIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Iowa

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa





Nearest Communities to Blencoe,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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 north 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 Blencoe.<1>

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

Blencoe is located in Monona County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monona County: Crawford, Harrison, Woodbury, Burt (NE) & Thurston (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blencoe. Of these communities, 62 are located in counties other than Monona 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 Blencoe (which is Monona 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 Blencoe

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

  • Monona County   (where Blencoe resides)
    • County Seat for Monona:   Onawa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Onawa
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Turin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Moorhead
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
        • Moorhead is located in Monona County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <3>
      • Kennebec
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennebec have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
        • Kennebec is located in Monona County
      • Whiting
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Castana
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castana have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castana
        • Castana is located in Monona County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castana <3>
      • Maple Landing ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Landing
        • Maple Landing is located in Monona County
      • Soldier
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Ticonic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ticonic have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ticonic
        • Ticonic is located in Monona County
      • Rodney
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Ute
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ute have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ute
        • Ute is located in Monona County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ute <3>
      • Albaton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mapleton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mapleton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
        • Mapleton is located in Monona County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,147 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mapleton <3>
  • Crawford County
    • County Website:   www.crawfordcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Crawford:   Denison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Berne
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berne have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
        • Berne is located in Crawford County
      • Charter Oak
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charter Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
        • Charter Oak is located in Crawford County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charter Oak <3>
      • Haley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
        • Haley is located in Crawford County
      • Kenwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kenwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
        • Kenwood is located in Crawford County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Kenwood
        • From Blencoe to Kenwood
      • Ricketts
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ricketts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
        • Ricketts is located in Crawford County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Bell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
        • Bell is located in Crawford County
      • Dow City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dow City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dow City
        • Dow City is located in Crawford County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dow City <3>
  • Harrison County
    • County Website:   www.harrisoncountyia.org/
    • County Seat for Harrison:   Logan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Little Sioux
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sioux have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sioux
        • Little Sioux is located in Harrison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Sioux <3>
      • River Sioux
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Sioux have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Sioux
        • River Sioux is located in Harrison County
      • Pisgah
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pisgah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
        • Pisgah is located in Harrison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pisgah <3>
      • Orson
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
        • Orson is located in Harrison County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Orson
        • From Blencoe to Orson
      • Echo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
        • Echo is located in Harrison County
      • Mondamin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Allen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
        • Allen is located in Harrison County
      • Magnolia
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Magnolia is located in Harrison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
      • Modale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modale
        • Modale is located in Harrison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modale <3>
      • Calhoun
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhoun have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
        • Calhoun is located in Harrison County
      • Baird
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baird have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
        • Baird is located in Harrison County
      • Willett
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willett
        • Willett is located in Harrison County
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Woodbine
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
          • Woodbine is located in Harrison County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,363 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbine <3>
        • Logan
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Dunlap
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
          • Dunlap is located in Harrison County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunlap <3>
        • California Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Missouri Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Valley
          • Missouri Valley is located in Harrison County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,576 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missouri Valley <3>
        • Orton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orton
          • Orton is located in Harrison County
        • Hard Scratch
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hard Scratch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
          • Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
        • Findley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Findley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
          • Findley is located in Harrison County
        • Euclid
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Euclid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
          • Euclid is located in Harrison County
        • Crisp
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crisp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
          • Crisp is located in Harrison County
  • Shelby County
  • Woodbury County
    • County Website:   www.woodbury-ia.com/
    • County Seat for Woodbury:   Sioux City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Hornick
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornick
        • Hornick is located in Woodbury County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
      • Sloan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sloan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
        • Sloan is located in Woodbury County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sloan <3>
      • Smithland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Holly Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
        • Holly Springs is located in Woodbury County
      • Owego
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owego have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owego
        • Owego is located in Woodbury County
      • Oto
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Climbing Hill
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Danbury
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Salix
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salix have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
        • Salix is located in Woodbury County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salix <3>
      • Luton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luton
        • Luton is located in Woodbury County
  • Burt County
    • County Seat for Burt:   Tekamah (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Riverside ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Riverside is located in Burt County (NE)
      • Decatur
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tekamah
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bertha
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Basford ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basford
        • Basford is located in Burt County (NE)
      • Craig
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
        • Craig is located in Burt County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <3>
      • Lyons
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Oakland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Argo ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
        • Argo is located in Burt County (NE)
      • Essen
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
        • Essen is located in Burt County (NE)
  • Cuming County
  • Dodge County
  • Thurston County
    • County Seat for Thurston:   Pender (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Macy
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
        • Macy is located in Thurston County (NE)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macy <3>
      • Rosalie
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosalie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
        • Rosalie is located in Thurston County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosalie <3>
      • Walthill
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthill
        • Walthill is located in Thurston County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walthill <3>
      • Winnebago
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnebago have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnebago
        • Winnebago is located in Thurston County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnebago <3>
  • Washington County
    • County Website:   www.co.washington.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Blair (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blencoe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blencoe.
      • Herman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Admah ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Admah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
        • Admah is located in Washington County (NE)
      • Blair
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Orum
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orum
        • Orum is located in Washington County (NE)
      • De Soto ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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- Blencoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blencoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9304, Longitude: -96.0820    
<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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 19 Mar 2025