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Nearest Communities to Lyman,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Lyman.<1>

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

Lyman is located in Cass County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Guthrie, Montgomery, Pottawattamie & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 97 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lyman. Of these communities, 83 are located in counties other than Cass 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 Lyman (which is Cass 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 Lyman

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

  • Cass County   (where Lyman resides)
  • Adair County
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://adamscounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Corning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lyman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lyman.
      • Lincoln Center
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
      • Strand
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Carbon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Etna
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
      • Dickieville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Dickieville is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickieville
      • Quincy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Quincy is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Carl
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Nodaway
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Nodaway is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Brooks
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Corning
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Queen City ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Queen City is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Williamson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Icarid ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Icarid is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icarid
          • Icarid has also been known as:
          • Icarian Colony
        • Iveyville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Prescott
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Nevinville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Nevinville is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevinville
        • Mercer
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Stringtown
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Stringtown is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Audubon County
  • Guthrie County
  • Mills County
  • Montgomery County
    • County Website:   https://www.montgomerycountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Montgomery:   Red Oak
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lyman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lyman.
      • Grant
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Grant is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Morton Mills
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Morton Mills is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Mills
      • Elliott
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Biddick ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Biddick is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddick
      • Wallin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Wallin is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
      • Sciola
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Stennett
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Stennett is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stennett
      • Tenville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Frankfort ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Frankfort is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Stanton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Red Oak
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Wales
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Wales is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
        • Villisca
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • McPherson
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • McPherson is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
        • Hawthorne
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
        • Coburg
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
  • Page County
  • Pottawattamie County
    • County Website:   https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
    • County Seat for Pottawattamie:   Council Bluffs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lyman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lyman.
      • Kemling ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Kemling is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemling
      • Walnut
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
      • Iola ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Iola is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Hancock
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Carson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Oakland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Newtown ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Newtown is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Macedonia
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Avoca
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • 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
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan Junction
      • Taylor
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Taylor is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Shelby County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://taylorcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Bedford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lyman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lyman.
      • Holt
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Holt is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Guss
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Henshaw
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Henshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
      • Bushville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bushville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
  • Union County

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 from Point A (ie- Lyman) 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.