Nearest Communities to Merrill,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Merrill, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Merrill:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Merrill is located in Plymouth County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Plymouth County: Cherokee, Sioux, Woodbury & Union (SD).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 103 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merrill. Of these communities, 76 are located in counties other than Plymouth 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 Merrill (which is Plymouth 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 Merrill
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Plymouth County (where Merrill resides)
- County Website: https://plymouthcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Plymouth: Le Mars
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- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- Plymouth ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- West Le Mars
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Le Mars is located in Plymouth County
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- Parkview Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkview Terrace is located in Plymouth County
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- Wren
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wren is located in Plymouth County
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- Brunsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brunsville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Le Mars
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Neptune
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Crathorne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crathorne is located in Plymouth County
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- Potosia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potosia is located in Plymouth County
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- Adaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Adaville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
- O'Leary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- O'Leary is located in Plymouth County
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- Union Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Mammen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mammen is located in Plymouth County
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- Seney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seney is located in Plymouth County
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- Ruble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruble is located in Plymouth County
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- James
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- James is located in Plymouth County
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- Oyens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oyens is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Craig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Struble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Yeomans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeomans is located in Plymouth County
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- Millnerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millnerville is located in Plymouth County
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- Brookdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brookdale is located in Plymouth County
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- Remsen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County
- County Website: https://www.cherokeecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Cherokee: Cherokee
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- Fielding
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
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- Marcus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cleghorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleghorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Mary Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Washta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Washta is located in Cherokee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- O'Brien County
- County Website: https://obriencounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for O'Brien: Primghar
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- Germantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Sioux County
- County Website: https://siouxcountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Sioux: Orange City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- McNally
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McNally is located in Sioux County
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- Ireton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Maurice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Carnes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carnes is located in Sioux County
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- Chatsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Sioux County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Orange City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hawarden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Sioux Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westbrook Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westbrook Village is located in Sioux County
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- Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lebanon is located in Sioux County
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- Granville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Sioux County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Newkirk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newkirk is located in Sioux County
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- Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Carmel is located in Sioux County
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- Middleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middleburg is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Hospers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury County
- County Website: https://www.woodburycountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Woodbury: Sioux City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- Evergreen Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Leeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds is located in Woodbury County
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- Springdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Holiday Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Holiday Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Mount Lucia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lucia is located in Woodbury County
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- Lawton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Woodbury County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Regency of Sioux City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sioux City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morningside
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morningside is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
- Moville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Woodbury County
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- Bronson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bronson is located in Woodbury County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
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- Glen Ellen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
- Estates West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Estates West is located in Woodbury County
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- Sergeant Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pierson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pierson is located in Woodbury County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Luton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Luton is located in Woodbury County
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- Climbing Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Climbing Hill is located in Woodbury County
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- Salix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lucky Valley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lucky Valley is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Valley
- Correctionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Owego is located in Woodbury County
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- Anthon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dakota County
- County Website: https://dakotacounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Dakota: Dakota City (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- Covington ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Covington is located in Dakota County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- South Sioux City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore is located in Dakota County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Dakota City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Millis Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millis Beach is located in Dakota County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Beach
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Dakota County (NE)
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- Goodwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwin is located in Dakota County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Hubbard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon County
- County Website: https://dixoncountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Dixon: Ponca (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- Ponca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ionia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ionia is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
- Lembke Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lembke Landing is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lembke Landing
- Waterbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- Lincoln County
- Union County
- County Website: https://unioncountysd.org/
- County Seat for Union: Elk Point (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Merrill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Merrill.
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCook Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCook Lake is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook Lake
- North Sioux City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dakota Dunes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Estimated population in 2014: 215 people
- Elk Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Big Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Union County (SD)
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- Spink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spink is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
- Estimated population in 2014: 237 people
- Nora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nora is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Junction City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Alcester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Emmet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emmet is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Estimated population in 2014: 231 people
- Hill Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Side is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Side
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Merrill) 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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