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Nearest Communities to Germantown,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Germantown.<1>

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

Germantown is located in O'Brien County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of O'Brien County: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola, Plymouth & Sioux.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 78 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Germantown. Of these communities, 61 are located in counties other than O'Brien 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 Germantown (which is O'Brien 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 Germantown

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

  • O'Brien County   (where Germantown resides)
    • County Website:   https://obriencounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for O'Brien:   Primghar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Germantown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germantown.
      • Paullina
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Paullina is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
      • Philby
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Philby is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philby
      • Mapleside
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Mapleside is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleside
      • Calumet
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Calumet is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
      • Archer
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Gaza
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Gaza is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
      • Primghar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sutherland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Evander
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Evander is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evander
      • Sheldon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Waterman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Waterman is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
      • Sanborn
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
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        • Max
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Max is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
        • Ritter
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Ritter is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
        • Hartley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Plessis
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Plessis is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plessis
        • Moneta
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Moneta is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
  • Buena Vista County
  • Cherokee County
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   https://claycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Spencer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Germantown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germantown.
      • Peterson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Royal
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Everly
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Everly is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
      • Rossie
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Rossie is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
  • Lyon County
  • Osceola County
  • Plymouth County
    • County Website:   https://plymouthcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Plymouth:   Le Mars
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Germantown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germantown.
      • Remsen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Oyens
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Oyens is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Seney
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Seney is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Struble
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Struble is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
      • Le Mars
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • O'Leary
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Union Center is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Parkview Terrace
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Parkview Terrace is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview Terrace
      • West Le Mars
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • West Le Mars is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Le Mars
      • Plymouth ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Brunsville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
      • Mammen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Mammen is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammen
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        • Kingsley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Neptune
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Neptune is located in Plymouth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
        • Craig
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Craig is located in Plymouth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
        • Merrill
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Crathorne
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Crathorne is located in Plymouth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crathorne
  • Sioux County
    • County Website:   https://siouxcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Sioux:   Orange City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Germantown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germantown.
      • Granville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Granville is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Hospers
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Alton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Newkirk
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Newkirk is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
      • Carnes
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Carnes is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
      • Orange City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Middleburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Boyden
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Maurice
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Maurice is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
      • Matlock
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sioux Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Westbrook Village
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Westbrook Village is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
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        • Hull
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Hull is located in Sioux County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,296 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hull <3>
        • Carmel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Carmel is located in Sioux County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
        • Perkins
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Ireton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Highland Park
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Highland Park is located in Sioux County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
        • Lebanon
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • McNally
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Woodbury 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Germantown) 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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