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Nearest Communities to Brayton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Please note 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.

Brayton is located in Audubon County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Audubon County: Adair, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 88 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brayton. Of these communities, 73 are located in counties other than Audubon 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 Brayton (which is Audubon 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 Brayton

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

  • Audubon County   (where Brayton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.auduboncountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Audubon:   Audubon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brayton.
      • Oakfield
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Oakfield is also located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
      • Exira
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Exira is also located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exira
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exira <3>
      • Hamlin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Kimballton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sharon
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sharon is also located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Kenfield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Kenfield is also located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenfield
      • Nishna
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Nishna is also located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishna
      • Audubon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Gardner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Gardner is also located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
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        • Poplar
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Poplar is also located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
        • Ross
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Larland
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Larland is also located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larland
        • Fiscus
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Fiscus is also located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
        • Viola Center
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Viola Center is also located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
          • Former name for Viola Center:
          • Viola Centre
        • Gray
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Gray is also located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <3>
  • Adair County
    • County Website:   https://adaircounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adair:   Greenfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brayton.
      • Berea
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Berea is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Linwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Linwood is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Canby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Canby is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
      • Bridgewater
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Prussia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Prussia is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussia
      • Fontanelle
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lemont ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lemont was located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemont
      • Rosserdale
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Rosserdale is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosserdale
      • Howe
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Howe is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
      • Greenfield
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams County
  • Carroll County
  • Cass County
  • Crawford County
  • Guthrie County
  • Harrison County
  • Montgomery County
  • Pottawattamie County
    • County Website:   https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
    • County Seat for Pottawattamie:   Council Bluffs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brayton.
      • Walnut
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
      • Avoca
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <3>
      • Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Harlan Junction was located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
      • Newtown ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Newtown was located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Hancock
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Iola ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Iola was located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Oakland
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelby County
    • County Website:   https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Shelby:   Harlan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brayton.
      • Elk Horn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rorbeck
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Rorbeck is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rorbeck
      • Jacksonville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Jacksonville is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Poplar
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Poplar is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Red Line
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Red Line is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
      • Kirkman
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Kirkman is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Corley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Irwin
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harlan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
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        • Botna
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Tennant
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Westphalia
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Westphalia is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
        • Shelby
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Defiance
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Defiance is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
        • Earling
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Earling is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brayton) 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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