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Nearest Communities to Dexter,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 from Dexter.<1>

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

Dexter is located in Dallas County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dallas County: Adair, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Polk & Warren.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 128 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dexter. Of these communities, 98 are located in counties other than Dallas 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 Dexter (which is Dallas 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 Dexter

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

  • Dallas County   (where Dexter resides)
  • Adair County
    • County Website:   https://adaircounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adair:   Greenfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dexter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dexter.
      • Arbor Hill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Howe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Howe is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
      • Rosserdale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Rosserdale is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosserdale
      • Nanito
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Nanito is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanito
      • Stanzel
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lemont ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lemont is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemont
      • Prussia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Prussia is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussia
      • Hebron
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Hebron is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Canby
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Canby is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
      • Greenfield
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Linwood
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Linwood is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Zion
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
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  • Adams County
  • Audubon County
  • Boone County
  • Cass County
  • Greene County
  • Guthrie County
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://madisoncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Winterset
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dexter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dexter.
      • Earlham
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Clucas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Clucas is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clucas
      • Pitzer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Webster
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • McBride
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • McBride is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
      • Harrison
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Harrison is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
      • Winterset
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Buffalo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Buffalo is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Tileville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Tileville is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tileville
      • McPherson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • McPherson is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
      • Ord
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Macksburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
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        • Patterson
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Peru
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Peru is located in Madison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peru
        • East Peru
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Hanley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Hanley is located in Madison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley
        • Barney
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Charles
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Truro
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Des Moines
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dexter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dexter.
      • Campbell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Campbell is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Clive
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Commerce
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Ashawa
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Ashawa is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashawa
      • Urbandale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • West Des Moines
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rider
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Rider is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
      • Grimes
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Crestwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Crestwood is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood
      • Valley Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Valley Junction is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
      • Windsor Heights
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Millman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Millman is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millman
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        • Norwalk
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Herrold
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Johnston
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lovington
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Lovington is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovington
        • The Meadows
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • The Meadows is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
        • Andrews
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Dodge
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Camp Dodge is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dodge
  • Union County
  • Warren County
    • County Website:   https://www.warrencountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Warren:   Indianola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dexter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dexter.
      • Cumming
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Orillia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bevington
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Churchville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Prole
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Prole is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prole
      • Conger
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Conger is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
      • Martensdale
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lakewood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Wick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Wick is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
      • Saint Marys
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Marys is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
      • West Saint Marys
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • West Saint Marys is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Saint Marys
      • Spring Hill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dexter) 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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