Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Emmetsburg, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Emmetsburg:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Keep in mind 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.
Emmetsburg is located in Palo Alto County and is the County Seat.
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 86 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Emmetsburg. Of these communities, 74 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 Emmetsburg (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 Emmetsburg
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Palo Alto County (where Emmetsburg resides)
- County Website: https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Palo Alto: Emmetsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Osgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Cylinder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Depew
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Depew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Fallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Graettinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Curlew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Rodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Ayrshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Ruthven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mallard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista County
- County Website: https://buenavistacounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Buena Vista: Storm Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Leverett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leverett is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Marathon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Albert City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sioux Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Spencer
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Dickens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Gillett Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Webb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webb is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Langdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Maclay ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maclay is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maclay
- Birchwood Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Birchwood Estates is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Estates
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cornell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Fostoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fostoria is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Rossie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rossie is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dickinson County
- County Website: https://dickinsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Dickinson: Spirit Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Terril
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Superior
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Arnolds Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crows Nest Resort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crows Nest Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Resort
- Village East Resort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Village East Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village East Resort
- West Okoboji
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Crescent Beach Resort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Beach Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach Resort
- Okoboji
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Spirit Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wahpeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Emmet County
- County Website: https://emmetcountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Emmet: Estherville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Hoprig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Bubona ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bubona is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubona
- Forsyth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forsyth is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Wallingford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Ringsted
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halfa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Halfa is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfa
- Raleigh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Gruver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gruver is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Maple Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Gridley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gridley is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Estherville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Armstrong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Dolliver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Huntington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huntington is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Humboldt County
- County Website: https://www.humboldtcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Humboldt: Dakota City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Ottosen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Bradgate
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bode is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Gilmore City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Kossuth County
- County Website: https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Kossuth: Algona
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Whittemore
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
- Lone Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Hobarton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
- Algona
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burt is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Irvington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Irvington is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
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- Swea ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swea is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swea
- Bancroft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Swea City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Galbraith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Galbraith is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith
- Sexton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sexton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Pocahontas County
- County Website: https://pocahontascounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Pocahontas: Pocahontas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Plover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Havelock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ridotto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ridotto is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridotto
- Rubens Siding
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rubens Siding is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubens Siding
- Laurens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rolfe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ware
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ware is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Pocahontas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Westview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westview is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Martin County
- County Website: https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Martin: Fairmont (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Emmetsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emmetsburg.
- Ceylon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilbert is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
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- Emmetsburg) 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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