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Nearest Communities to Quick,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Quick.<1>

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


Quick is located in Pottawattamie County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pottawattamie County: Cass, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Shelby, Douglas (NE), Sarpy (NE) & Washington (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 137 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Quick. Of these communities, 105 are located in counties other than Pottawattamie 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 Quick (which is Pottawattamie 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 Quick

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

  • Pottawattamie County   (where Quick resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
    • County Seat for Pottawattamie:   Council Bluffs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • McClelland
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Peter
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Peter is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Gilliatt
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Gilliatt is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Weston
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Weston is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Treynor
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Treynor is located in Pottawattamie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treynor
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Treynor <3>
      • Underwood
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Bentley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bentley is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Chautauqua
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Taylor
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Taylor is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Dumfries
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • York Center
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • York Center is located in Pottawattamie County
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      • Council Bluffs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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        • Neola
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Neola is located in Pottawattamie County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 890 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neola <3>
        • Crescent
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Carter Lake
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Clara
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Clara is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Carson
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Carson is located in Pottawattamie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 813 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carson <3>
        • Minden
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Minden is located in Pottawattamie County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
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        • Pigeon
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Oakland
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Oakland is located in Pottawattamie County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,491 people
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        • Ascot
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Ascot is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Honey Creek
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Macedonia
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Iola ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Iola is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Hancock
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Hancock is located in Pottawattamie County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
        • Grable
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Grable is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Loveland
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Newtown ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Newtown is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Avoca
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
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        • Harlan Junction ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Harlan Junction is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Kemling ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Kemling is located in Pottawattamie County
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        • Walnut
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Cass County
  • Fremont County
    • County Website:   https://www.fremontcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Fremont:   Sidney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Tabor
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bartlett
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bartlett is located in Fremont County
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      • Randolph
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Randolph is located in Fremont County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Harrison County
    • County Website:   https://harrisoncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Harrison:   Logan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Beebeetown
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Beebeetown is located in Harrison County
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      • Yorkshire
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
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      • Union Burg ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Union Burg is located in Harrison County
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      • Magill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Magill is located in Harrison County
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      • Findley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Findley is located in Harrison County
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      • Crisp
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Crisp is located in Harrison County
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      • Persia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Persia is located in Harrison County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
      • Euclid
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Euclid is located in Harrison County
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      • Orton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Orton is located in Harrison County
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      • Missouri Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hard Scratch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
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      • Logan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Logan is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
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        • California Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • California Junction is located in Harrison County
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        • Calhoun
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Calhoun is located in Harrison County
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        • Willett
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Willett is located in Harrison County
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        • Modale
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Magnolia
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Magnolia is located in Harrison County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
        • Woodbine
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Mills County
    • County Website:   https://www.millscountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Mills:   Glenwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Mineola
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Silver City
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Silver City is located in Mills County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Folsom
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Folsom is located in Mills County
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      • Balfour
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Balfour is located in Mills County
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      • Henderson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hentons ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hentons is located in Mills County
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      • Glenwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Pacific City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Pacific City is located in Mills County
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      • Hillsdale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Hillsdale is located in Mills County
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      • Mills
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Mills is located in Mills County
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      • Pacific Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Malvern
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
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        • Hastings
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Hastings is located in Mills County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
        • White Cloud
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • White Cloud is located in Mills County
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        • Emerson
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Clark
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Clark is located in Mills County
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        • Burr Oak
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Burr Oak is located in Mills County
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        • Strahan
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Strahan is located in Mills County
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        • Climax
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Climax is located in Mills County
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        • Solomon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Solomon is located in Mills County
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  • Montgomery County
    • County Website:   https://www.montgomerycountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Montgomery:   Red Oak
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Wales
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wales is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
      • McPherson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • McPherson is located in Montgomery County
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      • Hawthorne
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
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      • Elliott
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Stennett
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Stennett is located in Montgomery County
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      • Red Oak
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelby County
    • County Website:   https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Shelby:   Harlan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Shelby
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Tennant
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Tennant is located in Shelby County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Portsmouth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Corley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Corley is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
      • Harlan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Plattsmouth (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Oreapolis
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Oreapolis is located in Cass County (NE)
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      • Plattsmouth
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cullom
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Cullom is located in Cass County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
      • Mynard
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Mynard is located in Cass County (NE)
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      • Rock Bluff
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Rock Bluff is located in Cass County (NE)
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      • Cedar Creek
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kanosha ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Kanosha is located in Cass County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanosha
      • Murray
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://www.douglascounty-ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Omaha (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • East Omaha
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • East Omaha is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • Garden Valley Courts
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Garden Valley Courts is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • Beechwood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Beechwood is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • Home Park
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Home Park is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • South Omaha
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • South Omaha is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • Briggs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Briggs is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • Debolt
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Debolt is located in Douglas County (NE)
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      • Omaha
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Omaha is located in Douglas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
        • Omaha has also been known as:
        • Omaha City
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      • Ralston
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Ralston is located in Douglas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,254 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ralston <3>
      • Irvington
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Irvington is located in Douglas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
      • Maplewood Estates
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Maplewood Estates is located in Douglas County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Estates
      • Boys Town
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
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        • Green Meadows
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Green Meadows is located in Douglas County (NE)
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        • Lane
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Lane is located in Douglas County (NE)
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        • Millard
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Bennington
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Omaha Regency
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Omaha Regency is located in Douglas County (NE)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Regency
        • Elkhorn
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Skyline
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Skyline is located in Douglas County (NE)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
  • Sarpy County
    • County Website:   https://www.sarpy.gov/
    • County Seat for Sarpy:   Papillion (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Avery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Avery is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • Bellevue
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilmore Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Gilmore Junction is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • Paradise Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Paradise Park is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • Fort Crook
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Fort Crook is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • Gilmore
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Gilmore is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • Capehart
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Capehart is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • La Platte
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • La Platte is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • Rumsey
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Rumsey is located in Sarpy County (NE)
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      • La Vista
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Papillion
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Portal
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Portal is located in Sarpy County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
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        • Fairview ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Fairview is located in Sarpy County (NE)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Richfield
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Chalco
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Springfield
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • County Website:   https://www.washingtoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Blair (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Quick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Quick.
      • Nashville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Nashville is located in Washington County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Fort Calhoun
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • De Soto ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • De Soto is located in Washington County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
        • De Soto has also been known as:
        • DeSoto
      • Washington
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Blair
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Blair is located in Washington County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,948 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <3>
      • Kennard
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Kennard is located in Washington County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennard <3>

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- Quick) 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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