RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Iowa >> Greene County >> Farlin >> Nearby CommunitiesIndex...

Nearest Communities to Farlin,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Farlin is located in Greene County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Guthrie & Webster.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 108 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Farlin. Of these communities, 96 are located in counties other than Greene 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 Farlin (which is Greene 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 Farlin

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

  • Greene County   (where Farlin resides)
  • Audubon County
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Boone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farlin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farlin.
      • Beaver
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Beaver is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Boxholm
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Angus
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Angus is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Berkley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ogden
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Wolf
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Wolf is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
      • Pilot Mound
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fraser
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Fraser is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Coal Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Coal Valley is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
      • Logansport
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Logansport is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
      • Centerville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Centerville is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Moingona
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ridgeport
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Ridgeport is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeport
      • Boone
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Rockwell City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farlin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farlin.
      • Farnhamville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Wightman
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lohrville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Easley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Easley is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
      • Rands
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rinard
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Lake City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Piper
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Piper is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Somers
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Somers is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Stimsons ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Stimsons is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimsons
      • Richard
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Richard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
      • Rockwell City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Sherwood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Knierim
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
        • Yetter
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Yetter is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
        • Lavinia
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lavinia is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
        • Twin Lakes
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Carroll County
    • County Website:   https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Carroll:   Carroll
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farlin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farlin.
      • Ralston
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Benan ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Benan is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benan
      • Lanesboro
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Glidden
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Carrollton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
      • Lidderdale
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Coon Rapids
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Carroll Community Estates
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Kentner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Kentner is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
      • Willey
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Carroll
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dedham
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Mount Carmel
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
        • Roselle
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Maple River
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Maple River is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
        • Templeton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Halbur
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Halbur is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
        • Breda
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Arcadia
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
  • Dallas County
  • Guthrie County
  • Hamilton County
  • Sac County
    • County Website:   https://www.saccountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Sac:   Sac City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farlin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farlin.
      • Auburn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Grant City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Grant City is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
      • Ulmer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ulmer is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmer
      • Hart
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hart is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Webster County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Farlin) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.