Nearest Communities to Cranston,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cranston, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cranston:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Cranston.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Cranston is located in Muscatine County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Muscatine County: Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Scott & Rock Island (IL).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 148 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cranston. Of these communities, 126 are located in counties other than Muscatine 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 Cranston (which is Muscatine 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 Cranston
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Muscatine County (where Cranston resides)
- County Website: https://www.muscatinecountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Muscatine: Muscatine
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Ardon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ardon is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardon
- Conesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Port Allen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Allen is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Allen
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Dayfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dayfield is located in Muscatine County
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- Muscatine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atalissa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Muscatine County
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- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
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- Sweetland Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Fairport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
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- South Towne Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
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- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Era
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Era is located in Muscatine County
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- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
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- Midway Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Midway Beach is located in Muscatine County
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- Pleasant Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
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- Montpelier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Montpelier is located in Muscatine County
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- Stockton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Cedar County
- County Website: https://cedarcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Cedar: Tipton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Downey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Downey is located in Cedar County
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- Centerdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
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- Springdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
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- West Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lime City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
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- Cedar Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
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- Plato
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Plato is located in Cedar County
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- Ayresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ayresville is located in Cedar County
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- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
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- Sunbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
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- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
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- Bennett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Des Moines County
- County Website: https://www.desmoinescounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Des Moines: Burlington
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Garland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Des Moines County
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- Northfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Northfield is located in Des Moines County
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- Roscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roscoe is located in Des Moines County
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- Yarmouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kossuth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Des Moines County
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- Mediapolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Des Moines County
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- Pleasant Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Des Moines County
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- Sperry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sperry is located in Des Moines County
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- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
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- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston is located in Des Moines County
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- Henry County
- County Website: https://henrycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Henry: Mount Pleasant
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Winfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olds is located in Henry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Mount Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
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- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- Swedesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
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- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Traxler ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Traxler is located in Henry County
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- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Johnson County
- County Website: https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Johnson: Iowa City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Lone Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- River Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
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- Parkhurst ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkhurst is located in Johnson County
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- Breckenridge Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Breckenridge Estates is located in Johnson County
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- Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Midway ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Johnson County
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- Graham ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Johnson County
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- Oasis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
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- Iowa City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Center is located in Johnson County
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- University Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Elmira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
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- Morse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
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- Frytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frytown is located in Johnson County
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- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Johnson County
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- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Johnson County
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- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Johnson County
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- Coralville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
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- Amish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
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- Cosgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cosgrove is located in Johnson County
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- Tiffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windham is located in Johnson County
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- Louisa County
- County Website: https://louisacountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Louisa: Wapello
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Letts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Columbus Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Louisa County
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- Lafayette ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette is located in Louisa County
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- Bard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bard is located in Louisa County
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- Gladwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
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- Columbus City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Port Louisa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port Louisa is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Louisa
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Cotter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
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- Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Louisa County
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- Wapello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Wyman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Marsh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marsh is located in Louisa County
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- Morning Sun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Toolesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toolesboro is located in Louisa County
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- Elrick Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elrick Junction is located in Louisa County
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- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Louisa County
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- Oakville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County
- County Website: https://www.scottcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Scott: Davenport
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Durant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Grass
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Walcott Eststes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walcott Eststes is located in Scott County
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- Buffalo Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Heights is located in Scott County
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- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Walcott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Scott County
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- New Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Washington County
- County Website: https://washingtoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Washington: Washington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Haskins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Haskins is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskins
- Iowa Junction ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Ainsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yatton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yatton is located in Washington County
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- Crawfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Havre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Havre is located in Washington County
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- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Noble
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Washington County
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- Kalona
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richmond is located in Washington County
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- Eureka ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Washington County
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- Coppock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lexington is located in Washington County
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- Titu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Titu is located in Washington County
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- West Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Daytonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Daytonville is located in Washington County
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- Grace Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grace Hill is located in Washington County
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- Wellman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henderson County
- County Seat for Henderson: Oquawka (IL)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- Milroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milroy is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
- Mercer County
- County Website: https://www.mercercountyil.org/
- County Seat for Mercer: Aledo (IL)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Eliza
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
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- Petersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
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- Mannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mannon is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannon
- New Boston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arpee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arpee is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpee
- Joy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
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- Marston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marston is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Millersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Millersburg is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Keithsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hamlet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Mercer County (IL)
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- Ogle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ogle is located in Mercer County (IL)
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- Gingle Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gingle Corners is located in Mercer County (IL)
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- Sugar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Mercer County (IL)
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- Aledo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island County
- County Website: https://rockislandcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Rock Island: Rock Island (IL)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cranston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cranston.
- Illinois City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Buffalo Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edgington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Edgington is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington
- Andalusia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Reynolds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Taylor Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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- Cranston) 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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