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Nearest Communities to Callender,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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.

Callender is located in Webster County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Webster County: Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas & Wright.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 112 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Callender. Of these communities, 80 are located in counties other than Webster 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 Callender (which is Webster 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 Callender

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

  • Webster County   (where Callender resides)
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Boone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Callender   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Callender.
      • Boxholm
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pilot Mound
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Wolf is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
      • Beaver
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Beaver is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Fraser
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Fraser is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Ridgeport
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Ridgeport is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeport
      • Centerville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Centerville is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Ogden
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Logansport
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Logansport is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Rockwell City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Callender   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Callender.
      • Easley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Easley is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
      • Somers
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Somers is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Farnhamville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Rinard
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Knierim
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Richard
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Richard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
      • Piper
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Piper is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Lohrville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rands
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Stimsons ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Stimsons is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimsons
      • Manson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockwell City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
  • Carroll County
    • County Website:   https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Carroll:   Carroll
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Callender   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Callender.
      • Lanesboro
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Benan ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Benan is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benan
      • Ralston
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lidderdale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Glidden
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kentner
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Kentner is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
  • Greene County
  • Hamilton County
    • County Website:   https://www.hamiltoncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Webster City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Callender   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Callender.
      • Homer
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Homer is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Stratford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Highview
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Highview is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
      • Stanhope
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
      • Webster City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Kamrar
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Stonega
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Stonega is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonega
  • Humboldt County
  • Pocahontas County
    • County Website:   https://pocahontascounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Pocahontas:   Pocahontas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Callender   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Callender.
      • Blanden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Blanden is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanden
      • Lizard ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
      • Palmer
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Westview
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Westview is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
      • Rusk
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Rusk is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
  • Sac County
  • Wright County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Callender) 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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