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Nearest Communities to Fort Dodge,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Fort Dodge.<1>

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

Fort Dodge is located in Webster County and is the County Seat.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Webster County: Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas & Wright.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 107 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort Dodge. Of these communities, 75 are located in counties other than Webster 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 Fort Dodge (which is Webster 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 Fort Dodge

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

  • Webster County   (where Fort Dodge resides)
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Boone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Dodge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Dodge.
      • Boxholm
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Pilot Mound
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ridgeport
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Ridgeport is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeport
      • Wolf
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Wolf is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
      • Fraser
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Fraser is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraser
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Griffen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Griffen is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffen
      • Centerville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Centerville is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Rockwell City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Dodge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Dodge.
      • Knierim
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Somers
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Somers is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Easley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Easley is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
      • Manson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Farnhamville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Rinard
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Richard
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Richard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
      • Piper
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Piper is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Rands
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Stimsons ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Stimsons is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimsons
      • Rockwell City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Twin Lakes
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
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  • Greene County
  • Hamilton County
    • County Website:   https://www.hamiltoncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Webster City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Dodge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Dodge.
      • Highview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Highview is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
      • Homer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Homer is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Webster City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Stratford
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kamrar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Remicker ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Remicker is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remicker
      • Stonega
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Stonega is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonega
      • Stanhope
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
      • Blairsburg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Blairsburg is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
      • Jewell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosendale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosendale is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
  • Humboldt County
  • Kossuth County
  • Pocahontas County
    • County Website:   https://pocahontascounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Pocahontas:   Pocahontas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Dodge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Dodge.
      • Lizard ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
      • Blanden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Blanden is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanden
      • Palmer
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Westview
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Westview is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
      • Rolfe
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pocahontas
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rubens Siding
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Rubens Siding is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubens Siding
  • Wright County

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