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Nearest Communities to Carbon,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Carbon.<1>

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

Carbon is located in Adams County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Adams County: Adair, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor & Union.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 98 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Carbon. Of these communities, 81 are located in counties other than Adams 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 Carbon (which is Adams 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 Carbon

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

  • Adams County   (where Carbon resides)
    • County Website:   https://adamscounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Corning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Carbon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Carbon.
      • Quincy
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Quincy is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Strand
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln Center
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
      • Brooks
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Dickieville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Dickieville is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickieville
      • Mount Etna
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
      • Corning
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Queen City ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Queen City is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Icarid ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Icarid is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icarid
        • Icarid has also been known as:
        • Icarian Colony
      • Nodaway
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Nodaway is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Carl
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Iveyville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Prescott
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Mercer
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Stringtown
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Stringtown is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
        • Williamson
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Nevinville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Nevinville is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevinville
  • Adair County
  • Cass County
  • Mills County
  • Montgomery County
    • County Website:   https://www.montgomerycountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Montgomery:   Red Oak
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Carbon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Carbon.
      • Morton Mills
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Morton Mills is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Mills
      • Sciola
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Tenville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Grant
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Grant is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Villisca
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
      • Wallin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Wallin is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
      • Biddick ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Biddick is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddick
      • Stanton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Frankfort ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Frankfort is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Elliott
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Stennett
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Stennett is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stennett
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Red Oak
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Coburg
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
        • Hawthorne
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
        • McPherson
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • McPherson is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
        • Wales
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Wales is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
  • Page County
    • County Website:   https://pagecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Page:   Clarinda
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Carbon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Carbon.
      • Hepburn
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hepburn is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Hawleyville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Hawleyville is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
      • Bethesda
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Bethesda is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
      • Dayton ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Dayton is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Nyman
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarinda
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Yorktown
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Yorktown is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
      • Page Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Page Center is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
      • Shambaugh
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Essex
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarkio City ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Tarkio City is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
  • Pottawattamie County
  • Ringgold County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://taylorcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Bedford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Carbon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Carbon.
      • Holt
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Holt is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Bushville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Bushville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
      • Guss
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Henshaw
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Henshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
      • Lenox
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharpsburg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gravity
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Ladoga
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • New Market
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Merle Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
      • Conway
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Conway is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Clearfield
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bedford
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Siam
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Union County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carbon) 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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