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Nearest Communities to Melcher - Dallas,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Melcher - Dallas.<1>

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

Melcher - Dallas is located in Marion County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Polk, Poweshiek & Warren.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 158 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Melcher - Dallas. Of these communities, 130 are located in counties other than Marion 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 Melcher - Dallas (which is Marion 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 Melcher - Dallas

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

  • Marion County   (where Melcher - Dallas resides)
  • Appanoose County
  • Clarke County
    • County Website:   https://clarkecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Clarke:   Osceola
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    • Nearest Communities to Melcher - Dallas   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melcher - Dallas.
      • Jacksonville ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Jacksonville is located in Clarke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Jay
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jay is located in Clarke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
      • Ottawa
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Ottawa is located in Clarke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
      • Liberty
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Woodburn
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Jamison is located in Clarke County
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      • Smyrna
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Smyrna is located in Clarke County
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      • Osceola
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Decatur County
  • Jasper County
  • Lucas County
    • County Website:   https://lucascounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Lucas:   Chariton
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melcher - Dallas.
      • Purdy
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Purdy is located in Lucas County
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      • Belinda
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Belinda is located in Lucas County
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      • Tipperary
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Tipperary is located in Lucas County
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      • Williamson
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Olmitz
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Olmitz is located in Lucas County
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      • Oakley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Oakley is located in Lucas County
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      • Chariton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Indianola Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Indianola Junction is located in Lucas County
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      • Norwood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Norwood is located in Lucas County
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      • Whitebreast
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Whitebreast is located in Lucas County
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      • Troy ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Troy is located in Lucas County
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      • Russell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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        • Zero
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lucas
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Derby
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Derby is located in Lucas County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
        • Last Chance
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Last Chance is located in Lucas County
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  • Madison County
  • Mahaska County
  • Monroe County
    • County Website:   https://monroecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Monroe:   Albia
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melcher - Dallas.
      • Weller
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Weller is located in Monroe County
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      • Bucknell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bucknell is located in Monroe County
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      • Consol
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Consol is located in Monroe County
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      • Lovilia
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rexfield
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Rexfield is located in Monroe County
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      • Melrose
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Georgetown
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bluff Creek
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Miami
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Miami is located in Monroe County
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      • Hiteman
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hiteman is located in Monroe County
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      • Buxton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Buxton is located in Monroe County
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      • Hagerty
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Hagerty is located in Monroe County
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        • Ward
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Ward is located in Monroe County
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        • Tower Station ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Tower Station is located in Monroe County
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        • Tyrone
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Tyrone is located in Monroe County
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        • Albia
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lockman
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Lockman is located in Monroe County
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        • Hocking
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Hocking is located in Monroe County
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        • Maxon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Maxon is located in Monroe County
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        • Avery
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Selection
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Selection is located in Monroe County
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        • Bridgeport
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Bridgeport is located in Monroe County
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        • Frederic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Frederic is located in Monroe County
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        • Pleasant Corner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Pleasant Corner is located in Monroe County
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  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Des Moines
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melcher - Dallas.
      • Ottawa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ottawa is located in Polk County
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      • Runnells
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Carlisle
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Adelphi
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Avon Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Avon Lake is located in Polk County
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      • Avon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Avon is located in Polk County
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      • Woodland Hills
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodland Hills is located in Polk County
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      • Hastie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hastie is located in Polk County
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      • Levey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Levey is located in Polk County
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      • Ivy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Ivy is located in Polk County
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      • South Ridge Estates
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • South Ridge Estates is located in Polk County
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      • Carbondale
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Carbondale is located in Polk County
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  • Warren County
    • County Website:   https://www.warrencountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Warren:   Indianola
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melcher - Dallas.
      • Lacona
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Beech
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Beech is located in Warren County
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      • Milo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Sandyville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarkson ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Clarkson is located in Warren County
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      • Hammondsburgh ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Hammondsburgh is located in Warren County
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      • Liberty Center
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Ackworth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ackworth is located in Warren County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
      • Lawrenceburg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Lawrenceburg is located in Warren County
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      • Greenbush
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Greenbush is located in Warren County
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      • Palmyra
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cool
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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        • Hartford
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Indianola
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Medora
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Medora is located in Warren County
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        • Ford
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Ford is located in Warren County
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        • Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
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        • Summerset
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Summerset is located in Warren County
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        • Scotch Ridge
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
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        • Spring Hill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
        • New Virginia
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Saint Marys
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Saint Marys is located in Warren County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
        • South River Crossing ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • South River Crossing is located in Warren County
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        • West Saint Marys
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • West Saint Marys is located in Warren County
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        • Martensdale
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Wick
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Wick is located in Warren County
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        • Churchville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Prole
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Prole is located in Warren County
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        • Conger
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Conger is located in Warren County
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        • Lakewood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Bevington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Wayne County
    • County Website:   https://waynecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Wayne:   Corydon
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melcher - Dallas.
      • Confidence
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • New York
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • New York is located in Wayne County
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      • Ovia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Ovia is located in Wayne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovia
      • Bethelhem
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Bethelhem is located in Wayne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelhem
      • Millerton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Millerton is located in Wayne County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Cambria
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Cambria is located in Wayne County
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      • Humeston
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Melcher - Dallas) 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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