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Nearest Communities to Ivester,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Ivester.<1>

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


Ivester is located in Grundy County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grundy County: Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Hardin, Marshall & Tama.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 133 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ivester. Of these communities, 117 are located in counties other than Grundy 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 Ivester (which is Grundy 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 Ivester

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

  • Grundy County   (where Ivester resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grundycountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grundy:   Grundy Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Wellsburg
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Grundy Center
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Holland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Conrad
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaman
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Beaman is located in Grundy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
      • Buck Grove
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Buck Grove is located in Grundy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
      • Morrison
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Fern
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Fern is located in Grundy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
      • Lincoln
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lincoln is located in Grundy County
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      • Lear
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lear is located in Grundy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lear
      • Reinbeck
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Dairyville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Dairyville is located in Grundy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
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        • Stout
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Stout is located in Grundy County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
        • Dike
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Dike is located in Grundy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dike <3>
        • Zaneta
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Zaneta is located in Grundy County
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        • Fredsville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Fredsville is located in Grundy County
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  • Black Hawk County
    • County Website:   https://www.blackhawkcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Black Hawk:   Waterloo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Hicks
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Hicks is located in Black Hawk County
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      • Voorhies
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Voorhies is located in Black Hawk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
      • Benson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Benson is located in Black Hawk County
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      • Blessing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Blessing is located in Black Hawk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
      • Hudson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Hudson is located in Black Hawk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,473 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <3>
      • Cedar Falls Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Cedar Falls Junction is located in Black Hawk County
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      • Norris Siding
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Norris Siding is located in Black Hawk County
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      • Cedar Falls
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Finchford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Finchford is located in Black Hawk County
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        • North Cedar
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • North Cedar is located in Black Hawk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cedar
        • Cedar City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Cedar City is located in Black Hawk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
        • Eagle Center
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Eagle Center is located in Black Hawk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Center
        • Orange
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Orange is located in Black Hawk County
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        • Castle Hill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Castle Hill is located in Black Hawk County
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        • Lamplighter Villa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Lamplighter Villa is located in Black Hawk County
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  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   Allison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Sinclair
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Sinclair is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
      • Swanton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Swanton is located in Butler County
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      • Aplington
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Austinville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Austinville is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
      • Parkersburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Eleanor
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Eleanor is located in Butler County
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      • Kesley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Kesley is located in Butler County
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      • New Hartford
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • New Albion
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • New Albion is located in Butler County
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        • Coster
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Coster is located in Butler County
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        • Butler Center
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Butler Center is located in Butler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Center
        • Dumont
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Allison
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Bristow
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Bristow is located in Butler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
        • Pilot Rock
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Pilot Rock is located in Butler County
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  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Hampton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Faulkner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Faulkner is located in Franklin County
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      • Geneva
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bradford is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Burdette
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Burdette is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
      • Reeve
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Reeve is located in Franklin County
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      • Hansell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hampton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Oakland is located in Franklin County
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      • Popejoy
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Popejoy is located in Franklin County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
  • Hardin County
    • County Website:   https://www.hardincountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Hardin:   Eldora
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Whitten
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Whitten is located in Hardin County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Secor ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Secor is located in Hardin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secor
      • Steamboat Rock
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Xenia
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Xenia is located in Hardin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
      • Gifford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Union
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Union is located in Hardin County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
      • Eldora
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Cleves
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Cleves is located in Hardin County
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      • Abbott
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Abbott is located in Hardin County
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      • Hughs
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Hughs is located in Hardin County
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      • Lawn Hill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Lawn Hill is located in Hardin County
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      • Abbott Crossing ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Abbott Crossing is located in Hardin County
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        • Berlin
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Berlin is located in Hardin County
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        • New Providence
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • New Providence is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
        • Eagle City
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Eagle City is located in Hardin County
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        • Rough Woods Hill
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Rough Woods Hill is located in Hardin County
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        • Owasa
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Owasa is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
        • Robertson
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Robertson is located in Hardin County
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        • Ackley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Macey
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Macey is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
        • Hubbard
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Iowa Falls Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Iowa Falls Junction is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Falls Junction
        • Iowa Falls
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Racine
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Racine is located in Hardin County
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        • Sherman
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Sherman is located in Hardin County
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        • Buckeye
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Buckeye is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
        • Garden City
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Garden City is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
        • Alden Station ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Alden Station is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Station
        • Alden
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Radcliffe
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Wilke
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Wilke is located in Hardin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilke
  • Marshall County
    • County Website:   https://www.marshallcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Marshall:   Marshalltown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Liscomb
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Liscomb is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscomb
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
      • Maulsby
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Maulsby is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maulsby
      • Bangor
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Bangor is located in Marshall County
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      • Albion
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Moningers
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Moningers is located in Marshall County
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      • Green Mountain
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Green Mountain is located in Marshall County
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      • Marietta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Marietta is located in Marshall County
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      • Bromley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Bromley is located in Marshall County
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      • Illinois Grove
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Illinois Grove is located in Marshall County
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      • Minerva
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Minerva is located in Marshall County
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      • Clemons
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Clemons is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Saint Anthony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
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        • Marshalltown
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Predonia ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Predonia is located in Marshall County
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        • Rockton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Rockton is located in Marshall County
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        • LaMoille
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • LaMoille is located in Marshall County
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        • Quarry
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Quarry is located in Marshall County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
        • Wolf Lake Addition
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Wolf Lake Addition is located in Marshall County
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        • Le Grand
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Luray
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Luray is located in Marshall County
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        • Dillon
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Dillon is located in Marshall County
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        • State Center
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Malta
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Malta is located in Marshall County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
        • Haverhill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • State Center Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • State Center Junction is located in Marshall County
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        • Van
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Van is located in Marshall County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
        • Dunbar
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Dunbar is located in Marshall County
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        • Ferguson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Ferguson is located in Marshall County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
        • Melbourne
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Pickering
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Pickering is located in Marshall County
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        • Rhodes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Rhodes is located in Marshall County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
  • Story County
    • County Website:   https://www.storycountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Story:   Nevada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Zearing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • McCallsburg
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • McCallsburg is located in Story County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallsburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
      • Colo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fernald
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fernald is located in Story County
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      • Roland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Roland is located in Story County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
  • Tama County
    • County Website:   https://www.tamacounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Tama:   Toledo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ivester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ivester.
      • Lincoln
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Lincoln is located in Tama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
      • Gladbrook
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dinsdale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Dinsdale is located in Tama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsdale
      • Garwin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Garwin is located in Tama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
      • Buckingham
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Buckingham is located in Tama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Traer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • West Union ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • West Union is located in Tama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
      • Montour
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mesquakie Indian Settlement
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Potter
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Potter is located in Tama County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Toledo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ivester) 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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