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Nearest Communities to Plover,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Keep in mind 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.

Plover is located in Pocahontas County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pocahontas County: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Clay, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Sac & Webster.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plover. Of these communities, 69 are located in counties other than Pocahontas 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 Plover (which is Pocahontas 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 Plover

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

  • Pocahontas County   (where Plover resides)
    • County Website:   https://pocahontascounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Pocahontas:   Pocahontas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plover.
      • Rubens Siding
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Rubens Siding is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubens Siding
      • Havelock
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridotto
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Ridotto is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridotto
      • Rolfe
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pocahontas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ware
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ware is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
      • Laurens
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Westview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Westview is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
      • Rusk
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Rusk is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
      • Lizard ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
      • Palmer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Blanden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Blanden is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanden
      • Varina
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fonda
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Buena Vista County
  • Calhoun County
  • Clay County
  • Emmet County
  • Humboldt County
    • County Website:   https://www.humboldtcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Humboldt:   Dakota City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plover.
      • Bradgate
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Ottosen
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
      • Gilmore City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bode
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Unique
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Unique is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unique
      • Rutland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Pioneer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Arnold
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Livermore
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Livermore is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
      • Dakota City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Humboldt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jones Siding
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jones Siding is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Siding
      • Hardy
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Kossuth County
    • County Website:   https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Kossuth:   Algona
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plover.
      • Whittemore
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
      • Saint Joseph
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
      • Hobarton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
      • Algona
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Irvington
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lotts Creek
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
      • Galbraith
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Galbraith is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith
      • Fenton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
      • Lu Verne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lone Rock
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hanna
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Hanna is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
      • Saint Benedict
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Saint Benedict is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
      • Burt
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Burt is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Sexton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Palo Alto County
    • County Website:   https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Palo Alto:   Emmetsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plover   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plover.
      • Mallard
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Curlew
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bend
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rodman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cylinder
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Ayrshire
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Emmetsburg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Fairville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
      • Depew
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Depew is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Osgood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
      • Ruthven
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fallow
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
      • Graettinger
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Webster County

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- Plover) 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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