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Nearest Communities to Meriden,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Meriden is located in Cherokee County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cherokee County: Buena Vista, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux & Woodbury.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Meriden. Of these communities, 64 are located in counties other than Cherokee 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 Meriden (which is Cherokee 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 Meriden

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

  • Cherokee County   (where Meriden resides)
  • Buena Vista County
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   https://claycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Spencer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Meriden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Meriden.
      • Peterson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cornell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rossie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Rossie is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Everly
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Everly is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
      • Greenville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Maclay ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Maclay is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maclay
  • Ida County
  • O'Brien County
    • County Website:   https://obriencounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for O'Brien:   Primghar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Meriden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Meriden.
      • Calumet
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Calumet is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
      • Paullina
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Paullina is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
      • Germantown
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mapleside
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Mapleside is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleside
      • Sutherland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Waterman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Waterman is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
      • Gaza
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Gaza is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
      • Primghar
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Philby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Philby is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philby
      • Archer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Sanborn
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Moneta
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Moneta is located in O'Brien County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Evander
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Evander is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evander
        • Hartley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Max
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Max is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
        • Sheldon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Plessis
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Plessis is located in O'Brien County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plessis
  • Plymouth County
    • County Website:   https://plymouthcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Plymouth:   Le Mars
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Meriden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Meriden.
      • Remsen
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Oyens
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Oyens is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Kingsley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • O'Leary
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Union Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Union Center is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Seney
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Seney is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Le Mars
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Neptune
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Neptune is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
      • Parkview Terrace
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Parkview Terrace is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview Terrace
      • Plymouth ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Struble
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Struble is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
      • West Le Mars
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • West Le Mars is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Le Mars
  • Sac County
  • Sioux County
    • County Website:   https://siouxcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Sioux:   Orange City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Meriden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Meriden.
      • Granville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Granville is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Alton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Carnes
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Carnes is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
      • Hospers
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Newkirk
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Newkirk is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
      • Orange City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Maurice
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Maurice is located in Sioux County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
  • Woodbury 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 from Point A (ie- Meriden) 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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