Nearest Communities to Dumfries,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dumfries, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dumfries:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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 from Dumfries.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pottawattamie County: Cass, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Shelby, Douglas (NE), Sarpy (NE) & Washington (NE).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 143 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dumfries. Of these communities, 112 are located in counties other than Pottawattamie 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 Dumfries (which is Pottawattamie 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 Dumfries
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Pottawattamie County (where Dumfries resides)
- County Website: https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
- County Seat for Pottawattamie: Council Bluffs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Gilliatt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gilliatt is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliatt
- Quick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quick is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Treynor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Council Bluffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McClelland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Weston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carter Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Peter is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter
- Taylor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Crescent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Underwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Bentley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bentley is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Clara
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clara is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Carson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Macedonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- York Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- York Center is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
- Ascot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ascot is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ascot
- Honey Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Pigeon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Neola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iola ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Minden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grable
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grable is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grable
- Loveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Kemling ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kemling is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemling
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Newtown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <3>
- Fremont County
- County Website: https://www.fremontcountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Fremont: Sidney
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Bartlett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tabor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McPaul
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thurman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Imogene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Percival
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sidney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison County
- County Website: https://harrisoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Harrison: Logan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Beebeetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beebeetown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebeetown
- Findley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Findley is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Union Burg ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union Burg is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Burg
- Yorkshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Euclid
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Euclid is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Magill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magill is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magill
- Missouri Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Crisp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crisp is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Orton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Orton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orton
- Persia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- California Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hard Scratch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
- Mills County
- County Website: https://www.millscountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Mills: Glenwood
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Mineola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Folsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hentons is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Glenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Balfour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Balfour is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Pacific City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Pacific Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Malvern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hastings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Burr Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- White Cloud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Cloud is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Clark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Emerson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strahan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strahan is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahan
- Solomon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Solomon is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
- Climax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Climax is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Montgomery County
- County Website: https://www.montgomerycountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Montgomery: Red Oak
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Wales
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wales is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Hawthorne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- McPherson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McPherson is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
- Stennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stennett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stennett
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Shelby County
- County Website: https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Shelby: Harlan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- Shelby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Plattsmouth (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Oreapolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oreapolis is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreapolis
- Plattsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cullom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mynard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kanosha ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kanosha is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanosha
- Cedar Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Todd
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Todd is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nehawka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weeping Water
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascounty-ne.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Omaha (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- East Omaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Omaha is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Omaha
- South Omaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Omaha is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Omaha
- Garden Valley Courts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Valley Courts is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley Courts
- Beechwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Home Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omaha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ralston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Briggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Debolt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Debolt is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debolt
- Irvington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Estates is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Estates
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- Green Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Millard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lane is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Omaha Regency
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Omaha Regency is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Regency
- Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skyline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Skyline is located in Douglas County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Elkhorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elk City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- King Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sarpy County
- County Website: https://www.sarpy.gov/
- County Seat for Sarpy: Papillion (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Paradise Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Park is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Avery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Crook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Crook is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Crook
- Gilmore Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gilmore Junction is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Junction
- Gilmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- La Platte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Rumsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rumsey is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey
- La Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Papillion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Portal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Richfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chalco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Gretna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Plattford ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Plattford is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattford
- Melia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Melia is located in Sarpy County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melia
- Washington County
- County Website: https://www.washingtoncountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Washington: Blair (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dumfries ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dumfries.
- Nashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Washington County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Fort Calhoun
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
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 from Point A (ie- Dumfries) 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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