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Nearest Communities to Rands,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

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.

Rands is located in Calhoun County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calhoun County: Buena Vista, Carroll, Greene, Pocahontas, Sac & Webster.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 109 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rands. Of these communities, 88 are located in counties other than Calhoun 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 Rands (which is Calhoun 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 Rands

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

  • Calhoun County   (where Rands resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Rockwell City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rands   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rands.
      • Stimsons ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Stimsons is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimsons
      • Piper
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Piper is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Rinard
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Lohrville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockwell City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wightman
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Richard
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Richard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
      • Sherwood
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Somers
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Somers is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Lake City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Easley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Easley is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
      • Farnhamville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
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        • Twin Lakes
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Lavinia
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Lavinia is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
        • Knierim
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
        • Jolley
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Yetter
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Yetter is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
        • Manson
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Lytton
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Lytton is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
        • Pomeroy
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Knoke
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Knoke is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoke
  • Boone County
  • Buena Vista County
  • Carroll County
    • County Website:   https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Carroll:   Carroll
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rands   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rands.
      • Lanesboro
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Benan ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Benan is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benan
      • Kentner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Kentner is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
      • Lidderdale
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Glidden
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Ralston
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Mount Carmel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
      • Breda
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Carroll Community Estates
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Carroll
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple River
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Maple River is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
      • Willey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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        • Carrollton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
        • Arcadia
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
        • Roselle
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Halbur
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Halbur is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Greene County
  • Humboldt County
    • County Website:   https://www.humboldtcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Humboldt:   Dakota City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rands   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rands.
      • Pioneer
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Gilmore City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Unique
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Unique is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unique
      • Jones Siding
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jones Siding is located in Humboldt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Siding
  • Pocahontas County
    • County Website:   https://pocahontascounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Pocahontas:   Pocahontas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rands   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rands.
      • Blanden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Blanden is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanden
      • Lizard ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Lizard is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
      • Palmer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fonda
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rusk
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Rusk is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
      • Westview
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Westview is located in Pocahontas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
      • Pocahontas
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Varina
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sac County
    • County Website:   https://www.saccountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Sac:   Sac City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rands   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rands.
      • Auburn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Grant City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Grant City is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
      • Pettis
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Pettis is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettis
      • Ulmer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Ulmer is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmer
      • Hart
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Hart is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Sac City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Carnarvon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lake View
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
      • Wall Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Nemaha
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Nemaha is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
      • Early
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Herring ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • McCloy ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • McCloy is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloy
  • 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rands) 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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