Nearest Communities to Halfa,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Halfa, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Halfa:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 Halfa.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Halfa is located in Emmet County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Emmet County: Dickinson, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Jackson (MN) & Martin (MN).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Halfa. Of these communities, 68 are located in counties other than Emmet 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 Halfa (which is Emmet 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 Halfa
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Emmet County (where Halfa resides)
- County Website: https://emmetcountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Emmet: Estherville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Gridley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gridley is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Armstrong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Ringsted
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Hoprig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Bubona ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bubona is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubona
- Forsyth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forsyth is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Dolliver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gruver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gruver is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Wallingford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Huntington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Estherville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Raleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Spencer
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Dickens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Langdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Dickinson County
- County Website: https://dickinsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Dickinson: Spirit Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Superior
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Terril
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Orleans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Spirit Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arnolds Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crows Nest Resort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Village East Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village East Resort
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Okoboji
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Kossuth County
- County Website: https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Kossuth: Algona
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Swea ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swea is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swea
- Fenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fenton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Swea City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Lotts Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
- Gerled
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gerled is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerled
- Ledyard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burt is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Whittemore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Lakota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
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- Moores Siding ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Moores Siding is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Siding
- Hobarton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
- Algona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- German Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- German Valley is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Valley
- Titonka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Titonka is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Stevens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stevens is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Irvington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irvington is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Sexton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sexton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Palo Alto County
- County Website: https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Palo Alto: Emmetsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Depew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Depew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Graettinger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Fairville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Fallow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Emmetsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cylinder
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Rodman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Ruthven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ayrshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curlew
(27 miles [43.5 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
- West Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mallard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winnebago County
- Faribault County
- County Website: https://www.co.faribault.mn.us/
- County Seat for Faribault: Blue Earth (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Pilot Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Elmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Guckeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guckeen is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guckeen
- Blue Earth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <3>
- Huntley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntley is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Riverside Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Heights is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Heights
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Jackson (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Alpha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Martin County
- County Website: https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Martin: Fairmont (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Halfa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfa.
- Ceylon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wilbert is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- East Chain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Chain is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chain
- Dunnell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnell is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Fairmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Welcome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairmont Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairmont Estates is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Estates
- Sherburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fox Lake is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Imogene
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Imogene is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imogene
- Granada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Northrop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trimont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halfa) 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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