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Nearest Communities to Dedham,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

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.

Dedham is located in Carroll County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carroll County: Audubon, Calhoun, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 94 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dedham. Of these communities, 75 are located in counties other than Carroll 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 Dedham (which is Carroll 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 Dedham

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

  • Carroll County   (where Dedham resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Carroll:   Carroll
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dedham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dedham.
      • Willey
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Carrollton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
      • Templeton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Coon Rapids
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Roselle
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Carroll Community Estates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Halbur
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Halbur is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
      • Carroll
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Glidden
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Manning
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ralston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple River
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Maple River is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Lidderdale
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Arcadia
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
        • Kentner
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Kentner is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
        • Mount Carmel
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
        • Benan ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Benan is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benan
        • Lanesboro
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
        • Breda
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Audubon County
    • County Website:   https://www.auduboncountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Audubon:   Audubon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dedham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dedham.
      • Viola Center
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Viola Center is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
      • Gray
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ross
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Larland
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Larland is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larland
      • Audubon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Nishna
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Nishna is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishna
      • Gardner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Gardner is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Hamlin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Fiscus
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Fiscus is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
      • Sharon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Sharon is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Poplar
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Poplar is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Exira
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Calhoun County
  • Cass County
  • Crawford County
    • County Website:   https://www.crawfordcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Crawford:   Denison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dedham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dedham.
      • Aspinwall
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Westside
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Manilla
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Vail
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Vail is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <3>
      • Astor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Astor is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
      • Boyer River
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Boyer River is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer River
      • Boyer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Deloit
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Deloit is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
      • Denison
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Buck Grove
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
      • Kimze
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Kimze is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimze
      • Sunset Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
  • Greene County
  • Guthrie County
  • Sac County
    • County Website:   https://www.saccountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Sac:   Sac City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dedham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dedham.
      • Auburn
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Grant City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Grant City is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
      • Ulmer
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Ulmer is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmer
      • Hart
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Hart is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Carnarvon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brogan ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Brogan is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
      • Herring ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • McCloy ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • McCloy is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloy
      • Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
      • Wall Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake View
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shelby County
    • County Website:   https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Shelby:   Harlan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dedham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dedham.
      • Botna
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Poplar
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Poplar is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Irwin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Line
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Red Line is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
      • Elk Horn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jacksonville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jacksonville is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Kirkman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Kirkman is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Defiance
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Defiance is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Rorbeck
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rorbeck is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rorbeck

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dedham) 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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