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Nearest Communities to Cooper,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Cooper is located in Greene County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Guthrie & Webster.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 104 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cooper. Of these communities, 92 are located in counties other than Greene 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 Cooper (which is Greene 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 Cooper

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

  • Greene County   (where Cooper resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.greene.ia.us/
    • County Seat for Greene:   Jefferson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cooper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cooper.
      • Winkelmans
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Winkelmans is also located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkelmans
      • Green Brier
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Green Brier is also located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Brier
      • Jefferson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Rippey
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Grand Junction
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gravel Pit
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Gravel Pit is also located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Pit
      • Farlin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Scranton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dana
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Paton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Churdan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Adaza
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Adaza is also located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaza
  • Audubon County
    • County Website:   https://www.auduboncountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Audubon:   Audubon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cooper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cooper.
      • Viola Center
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Viola Center is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
        • Former name for Viola Center:
        • Viola Centre
      • Larland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Larland is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larland
      • Gardner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Gardner is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Kenfield
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Kenfield is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenfield
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Boone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cooper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cooper.
      • Angus
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Angus is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Berkley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Beaver
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Beaver is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Ogden
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Coal Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Coal Valley is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
      • Boxholm
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Moingona
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Logansport
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Logansport is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
      • Wolf
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Wolf is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
      • Fraser
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Fraser is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Pilot Mound
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Centerville is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Calhoun County
  • Carroll County
  • Dallas County
  • Guthrie County
  • Webster 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- Cooper) 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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