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Nearest Communities to Curlew,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Curlew is located in Palo Alto County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Palo Alto County: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth & Pocahontas.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Curlew. Of these communities, 71 are located in counties other than Palo Alto 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 Curlew (which is Palo Alto 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 Curlew

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

  • Palo Alto County   (where Curlew resides)
    • County Website:   https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Palo Alto:   Emmetsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Curlew   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Curlew.
      • Mallard
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ayrshire
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Emmetsburg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Rodman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cylinder
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Ruthven
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bend
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Osgood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
      • Fallow
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
      • Graettinger
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Depew
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Depew is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Fairville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
  • Buena Vista County
  • Calhoun County
  • Clay County
  • Dickinson County
  • Emmet County
    • County Website:   https://emmetcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Emmet:   Estherville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Curlew   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Curlew.
      • Hoprig
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Wallingford
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Forsyth
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Forsyth is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
      • Bubona ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Bubona is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubona
      • Ringsted
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Raleigh
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Raleigh is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Halfa
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Halfa is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfa
      • Gruver
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Gruver is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Estherville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Maple Hill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
      • Gridley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Gridley is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
  • Humboldt County
    • County Website:   https://www.humboldtcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Humboldt:   Dakota City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Curlew   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Curlew.
      • Ottosen
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
      • Bradgate
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Bode
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Gilmore City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Unique
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Unique is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unique
      • Rutland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Livermore
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Livermore is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
      • Pioneer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Arnold
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kossuth County
    • County Website:   https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Kossuth:   Algona
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Curlew   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Curlew.
      • Whittemore
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
      • Fenton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
      • Lotts Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
      • Hobarton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
      • Algona
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Saint Joseph
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
      • Lone Rock
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Irvington
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Seneca
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Galbraith
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Galbraith is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith
      • Burt
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Burt is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Pocahontas County
    • County Website:   https://pocahontascounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Pocahontas:   Pocahontas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Curlew   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Curlew.
      • Plover
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Havelock
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Ridotto
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Ridotto is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridotto
      • Laurens
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ware
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Ware is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
      • Rubens Siding
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Rubens Siding is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubens Siding
      • Rolfe
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pocahontas
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Westview
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Westview is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Rusk
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Rusk is located in Pocahontas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
        • Varina
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Palmer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Lizard ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
        • Fonda
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Blanden
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Blanden is located in Pocahontas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanden

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- Curlew) 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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