Nearest Communities to Nira,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Nira, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Nira:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 from Nira.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Nira is located in Washington County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk & Louisa.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 142 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nira. Of these communities, 120 are located in counties other than Washington 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 Nira (which is Washington 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 Nira
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Washington County (where Nira resides)
- County Website: https://washingtoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Washington: Washington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Wassonville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wassonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassonville
- Wellman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Daytonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Daytonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytonville
- Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- West Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Chester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Kalona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Richmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Grace Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grace Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Hill
- Titu
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Titu is located in Washington County
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- Rubio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rubio is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubio
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yatton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatton
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Iowa Junction ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iowa Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Brighton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Havre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ainsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coppock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coppock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Haskins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskins
- Noble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Noble is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Crawfordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Vinton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Norway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Watkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Henry County
- County Website: https://henrycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Henry: Mount Pleasant
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Wayland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Iowa County
- County Website: https://iowacounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Iowa: Marengo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Green Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Center is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- North English
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holbrook is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Parnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Armah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Armah is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armah
- Ambrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ambrose is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Conroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Conroy is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroy
- Gonoa Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gonoa Bluff is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonoa Bluff
- Homestead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Upper South Amana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Upper South Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper South Amana
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- South Amana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middle Amana
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Amana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Amana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Amana
- High Amana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- High Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Amana
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Amana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ladora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Koszta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Koszta is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koszta
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Jefferson County
- County Website: https://jeffersoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Fairfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Veo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Veo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veo
- Pleasant Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Pleasant Plain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant Plain
- Packwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Linby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Germanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Germanville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germanville
- Perlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Merrimac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Abingdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brookville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brookville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Salina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Salina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Beckwith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beckwith is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Johnson County
- County Website: https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Johnson: Iowa City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Amish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Center is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Center
- Cosgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- River Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tiffin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coralville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- University Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- University Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Iowa City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Green Castle ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Castle is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
- North Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Breckenridge Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Breckenridge Estates is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge Estates
- Midway ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cou Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Graham ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Parkhurst ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkhurst is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
- Swisher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Shueyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shueyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- Twin View Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Twin View Heights is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin View Heights
- Keokuk County
- County Website: https://keokukcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Keokuk: Sigourney
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Kinross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Creswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Creswell is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Keota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- South English
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Talleyrand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Webster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Sigourney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Keswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lanscaster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lanscaster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanscaster
- Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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- Ollie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Ioka ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ioka is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ioka
- Nugent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Thornburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Delta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Rosetta ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosetta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- What Cheer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vulcan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Coal Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gibson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Martinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Hedrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linn County
- Louisa County
- 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 Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Gladwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cotter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Wyman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahaska County
- County Website: https://www.mahaskacountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Mahaska: Oskaloosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Indianapolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tioga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Agricola ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Agricola is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Barnes City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Rose Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Neska
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Neska is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neska
- 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 Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Conesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Port Allen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Port Allen is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Allen
- Poweshiek County
- County Website: https://poweshiekcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Poweshiek: Montezuma
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Tilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dresden is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
- Deep River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Guernsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Victor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carnforth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carnforth is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnforth
- Wapello County
- County Website: https://www.wapellocounty.org/
- County Seat for Wapello: Ottumwa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nira ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nira.
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Competine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farson is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farson
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nira) 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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