Nearest Communities to Irwin,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Irwin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Irwin:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 from Irwin.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Irwin is located in Shelby County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shelby County: Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Harrison & Pottawattamie.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 95 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Irwin. Of these communities, 78 are located in counties other than Shelby 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 Irwin (which is Shelby 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 Irwin
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Shelby County (where Irwin resides)
- County Website: https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Shelby: Harlan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Botna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Botna is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botna
- Red Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Line is located in Shelby County
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- Kirkman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Defiance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Poplar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Shelby County
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- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westphalia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Earling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Earling is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Harlan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Panama
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elk Horn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rorbeck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rorbeck is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rorbeck
- Manteno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Manteno is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteno
- Portsmouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tennant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tennant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Shelby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Audubon County
- County Website: https://www.auduboncountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Audubon: Audubon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Fiscus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fiscus is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
- Poplar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kimballton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Ross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Audubon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nishna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nishna is located in Audubon County
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- Hamlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlin is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Viola Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
- Exira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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- Larland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Larland is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larland
- Oakfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakfield is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Gardner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gardner is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Kenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kenfield is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenfield
- Carroll County
- County Website: https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Carroll: Carroll
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Manning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halbur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Halbur is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Roselle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roselle is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselle
- Dedham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Willey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Willey is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Carroll
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
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- Carroll Community Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Coon Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Breda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Mount Carmel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Glidden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Atlantic
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Marne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lorah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lorah is located in Cass County
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- Sycamore Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
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- Atlantic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Crawford County
- County Website: https://www.crawfordcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Crawford: Denison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Manilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Astor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Astor is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Aspinwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aspinwall is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspinwall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Buck Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Kimze
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimze is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimze
- Sunset Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Arion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Denison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dow City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vail
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bell is located in Crawford County
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- Westside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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- Haley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Deloit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deloit is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Kenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Boyer River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boyer River is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer River
- Boyer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boyer is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Charter Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kiron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schleswig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berne is located in Crawford County
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- Ricketts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ricketts is located in Crawford County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Guthrie County
- County Website: https://guthriecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Guthrie: Guthrie Center
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- North Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Branch is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Harrison County
- County Website: https://harrisoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Harrison: Logan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Dunlap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Persia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Persia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Baird
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Baird is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Magill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Magill is located in Harrison County
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- Yorkshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
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- Woodbine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hard Scratch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
- Union Burg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union Burg is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Burg
- Willett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Willett is located in Harrison County
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- Crisp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crisp is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Pottawattamie County
- County Website: https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
- County Seat for Pottawattamie: Council Bluffs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Walnut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
- Avoca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <3>
- Newtown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Minden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sac County
- County Website: https://www.saccountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Sac: Sac City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Irwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Irwin.
- Brogan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brogan is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
- Herring ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- McCloy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McCloy is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloy
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- Irwin) 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. |