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Nearest Communities to Ralston,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 Ralston.<1>

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

Ralston is primarily located in Carroll County. A portion of Ralston extends into Greene County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carroll County: Audubon, Calhoun, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 100 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ralston. Of these communities, 81 are located in counties other than Carroll 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 Ralston (which is Carroll 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 Ralston

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

  • Carroll County   (where Ralston resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Carroll:   Carroll
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ralston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ralston.
      • Glidden
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Benan ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Benan is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benan
      • Carrollton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
      • Lidderdale
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lanesboro
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Willey
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Coon Rapids
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Carroll Community Estates
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Carroll
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Kentner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Kentner is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
      • Dedham
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Roselle
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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        • Maple River
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Maple River is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
        • Mount Carmel
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
        • Templeton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Halbur
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Halbur is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
        • Breda
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Arcadia
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
        • Manning
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Audubon County
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Boone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ralston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ralston.
      • Beaver
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Beaver is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Angus
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Angus is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Berkley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Boxholm
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Rockwell City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ralston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ralston.
      • Wightman
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lake City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lohrville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Rands
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Farnhamville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Rinard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Stimsons ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Stimsons is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimsons
      • Yetter
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Yetter is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Piper
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Piper is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Sherwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Easley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Easley is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
      • Rockwell City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
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        • Lavinia
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Lavinia is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
        • Somers
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Somers is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
        • Richard
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Richard is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
        • Lytton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Lytton is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
        • Twin Lakes
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Jolley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Knierim
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Crawford County
  • Dallas County
  • Greene County
  • Guthrie County
  • Sac County
    • County Website:   https://www.saccountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Sac:   Sac City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ralston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ralston.
      • Auburn
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Grant City
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Grant City is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
      • Ulmer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Ulmer is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmer
      • Carnarvon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hart
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Hart is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Pettis
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pettis is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettis
      • Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
      • Lake View
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wall Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Herring ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • McCloy ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • McCloy is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloy
  • Shelby County
  • Webster 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- Ralston) 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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