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Nearest Communities to Letts,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Letts.<1>

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

Letts is located in Louisa County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Louisa County: Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Muscatine, Washington, Mercer (IL) & Rock Island (IL).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 143 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Letts. Of these communities, 123 are located in counties other than Louisa 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 Letts (which is Louisa 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 Letts

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

  • Louisa County   (where Letts resides)
    • County Website:   https://louisacountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Louisa:   Wapello
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Letts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Letts.
      • Grandview
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Grandview is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
      • Bard
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bard is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
      • Fredonia
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fredonia is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Columbus Junction
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillsboro ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Hillsboro is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Lafayette ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Lafayette is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
      • Port Louisa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Port Louisa is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Louisa
      • Columbus City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Columbus City is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
      • Wapello
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cairo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cairo is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Gladwin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cotter
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Cotter is located in Louisa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Bethel
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Bethel is located in Louisa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
        • Toolesboro
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Toolesboro is located in Louisa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toolesboro
        • Wyman
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Elrick Junction
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Marsh
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Marsh is located in Louisa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
        • Morning Sun
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Newport
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Newport is located in Louisa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
        • Oakville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar County
  • Des Moines County
  • Henry County
  • Jefferson County
  • Johnson County
  • Muscatine County
    • County Website:   https://www.muscatinecountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Muscatine:   Muscatine
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Letts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Letts.
      • Cranston
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Cranston is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
      • Fruitland
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Ardon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ardon is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardon
      • Port Allen ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Port Allen is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Allen
      • Conesville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dayfield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Dayfield is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayfield
      • Nichols
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Nichols is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
      • Muscatine
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Liberty
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Summit
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Summit is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Atalissa
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sweetland Center
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland Center
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        • Fairport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Moscow
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • New Era
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • New Era is located in Muscatine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
        • Pine Mills ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
        • South Towne Park
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
        • Wilton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway Beach
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Montpelier
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Montpelier is located in Muscatine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
        • Pleasant Prairie
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Stockton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Stockton is located in Muscatine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
        • Petersburg
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Petersburg is located in Muscatine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Scott County
  • Washington County
    • County Website:   https://washingtoncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Washington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Letts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Letts.
      • Haskins
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Haskins is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskins
      • Ainsworth
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Crawfordsville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Iowa Junction ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Iowa Junction is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
      • Riverside
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Yatton ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Yatton is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatton
      • Havre
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Noble
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Noble is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Washington
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Eureka ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Eureka is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Richmond
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Richmond is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Kalona
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Kalona is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalona
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalona <3>
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Coppock
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Coppock is located in Washington County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
        • Titu
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Titu is located in Washington County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titu
        • Lexington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Lexington is located in Washington County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
        • West Chester
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • West Chester is located in Washington County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Henderson County
  • Mercer County
  • Rock Island County

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- Letts) 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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