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Nearest Communities to Knowlton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 Knowlton.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Knowlton is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Ringgold County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ringgold County: Decatur, Taylor, Union, Harrison (MO) & Worth (MO).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 106 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Knowlton. Of these communities, 88 are located in counties other than Ringgold County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Knowlton (which is Ringgold 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 Knowlton

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

  • Ringgold County   (where Knowlton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.ringgoldcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Ringgold:   Mount Ayr
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knowlton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knowlton.
      • Diagonal
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Mortimer ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Mortimer is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
      • Polen
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Polen is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polen
      • Tingley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Marshall ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Marshall is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Benton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Benton is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Mount Ayr
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ellston
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Ellston is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellston
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Delphos
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Delphos is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
        • Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
      • Maloy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Beaconsfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Redding
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Redding is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
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        • Watterson
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Watterson is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watterson
        • Caledonia ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Caledonia is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
        • Kellerton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Wanamaker
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Wanamaker is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
        • Ringgold ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Ringgold is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
        • Lee ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Lee is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Adair County
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://adamscounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Corning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knowlton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knowlton.
      • Stringtown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Stringtown is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
      • Mercer
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Prescott
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Icarid ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Icarid is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icarid
        • Icarid has also been known as:
        • Icarian Colony
      • Nevinville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Nevinville is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevinville
      • Corning
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Queen City ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Queen City is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Iveyville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Williamson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Carl
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Brooks
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Quincy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Quincy is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
        • Carbon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Mount Etna
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
        • Nodaway
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Nodaway is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Clarke County
  • Decatur County
    • County Website:   https://www.decaturcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Decatur:   Leon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knowlton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knowlton.
      • Grand River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Grand River is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
      • Tuskeego
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Tuskeego is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeego
      • Barrell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Barrell is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrell
      • Lamoni
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Decatur City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Decatur City is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
      • Kingston
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Kingston is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Terre Haute
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Terre Haute is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
      • Togo ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Togo is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
      • Van Wert
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Davis City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://taylorcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Bedford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knowlton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knowlton.
      • Clearfield
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Lenox
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Merle Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
      • Conway
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Conway is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Blockton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Blockton is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
      • Sharpsburg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Platteville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Platteville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
      • Athelstan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Athelstan is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
      • Bushville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Bushville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
      • Gravity
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Holt
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Holt is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Bedford
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Union County
  • Harrison County
    • County Seat for Harrison:   Bethany (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knowlton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knowlton.
      • Hatfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Hatfield is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
      • Pawnee
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pawnee is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
      • Washington Center
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Washington Center is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Center
      • Andover
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Andover is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Eagleville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nodaway County
  • Worth County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Knowlton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Knowlton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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