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Nearest Communities to Kimballton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Kimballton.<1>

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

Kimballton is located in Audubon County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Audubon County: Adair, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 89 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kimballton. Of these communities, 74 are located in counties other than Audubon 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 Kimballton (which is Audubon 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 Kimballton

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

  • Audubon County   (where Kimballton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.auduboncountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Audubon:   Audubon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kimballton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kimballton.
      • Poplar
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Poplar is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Sharon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Sharon is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Fiscus
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Fiscus is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscus
      • Hamlin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Audubon
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nishna
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Nishna is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishna
      • Brayton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Exira
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Oakfield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Oakfield is located in Audubon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
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        • Ross
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Gray
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Gardner
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Gardner is located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
        • Larland
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Larland is located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larland
        • Kenfield
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Kenfield is located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenfield
        • Viola Center
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Viola Center is located in Audubon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
  • Adair County
    • County Website:   https://adaircounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adair:   Greenfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kimballton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kimballton.
      • Berea
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Berea is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Linwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Linwood is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Canby
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Canby is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
  • Carroll County
  • Cass County
  • Crawford County
    • County Website:   https://www.crawfordcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Crawford:   Denison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kimballton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kimballton.
      • Aspinwall
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Astor
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Astor is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
      • Manilla
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Buck Grove
        (25 miles [40.2 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
      • Westside
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Arion
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Arion is located in Crawford County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
      • Dow City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Vail
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Vail is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
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      • Denison
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kimze
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Kimze is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimze
      • Sunset Village
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
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  • Guthrie County
  • Harrison County
  • Pottawattamie County
    • County Website:   https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
    • County Seat for Pottawattamie:   Council Bluffs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kimballton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kimballton.
      • Walnut
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
      • Avoca
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • 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>
      • Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
      • Newtown ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Newtown is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Hancock
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Iola ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Iola is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Minden
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Minden is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minden <3>
      • Oakland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Neola
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • York Center
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • York Center is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
  • Shelby County
    • County Website:   https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Shelby:   Harlan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kimballton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kimballton.
      • Elk Horn
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Poplar
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Poplar is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Jacksonville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Jacksonville is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Rorbeck
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rorbeck is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rorbeck
      • Red Line
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Red Line is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
      • Kirkman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Kirkman is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Irwin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Corley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Harlan
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Botna
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Westphalia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Westphalia is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Defiance
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Defiance is located in Shelby County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
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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- Kimballton) 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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