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Nearest Communities to Shannon City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.<1>

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

Shannon City is primarily located in Union County. A portion of Shannon City extends into Ringgold County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Ringgold & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 105 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shannon City. Of these communities, 92 are located in counties other than Union 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 Shannon City (which is Union 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 Shannon City

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

  • Union County   (where Shannon City resides)
  • Adair County
  • Adams County
  • Clarke County
  • Decatur County
    • County Website:   https://www.decaturcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Decatur:   Leon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shannon City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shannon City.
      • Grand River
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Grand River is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
      • Tuskeego
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Tuskeego is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeego
      • Kingston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Kingston is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Van Wert
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Barrell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Barrell is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrell
      • Decatur City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Decatur City is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
      • Lamoni
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Terre Haute
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Terre Haute is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
      • Togo ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Togo is located in Decatur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
      • Leon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Davis City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
  • Ringgold County
    • County Website:   https://www.ringgoldcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Ringgold:   Mount Ayr
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shannon City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shannon City.
      • Mortimer ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Mortimer is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
      • Tingley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Knowlton ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Diagonal
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Polen
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Polen is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polen
      • Ellston
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ellston is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellston
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Marshall ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Marshall is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Mount Ayr
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Beaconsfield
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Benton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Benton is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Delphos
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Delphos is located in Ringgold County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
        • Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
      • Kellerton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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        • Maloy
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Caledonia ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Caledonia is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
        • Wanamaker
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Wanamaker is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
        • Watterson
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Watterson is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watterson
        • Redding
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Redding is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
        • Ringgold ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Ringgold is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
        • Lee ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Lee is located in Ringgold County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://taylorcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Bedford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shannon City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shannon City.
      • Clearfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lenox
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Merle Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
      • Sharpsburg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Conway
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Conway is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Blockton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Blockton is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
      • Platteville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Platteville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
      • Bushville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Bushville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
      • Holt
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Holt is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Athelstan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Athelstan is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
      • Gravity
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bedford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ladoga
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Harrison County
    • County Seat for Harrison:   Bethany (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shannon City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shannon City.
      • Hatfield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Hatfield is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
      • Pawnee
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pawnee is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
      • Andover
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Andover is located in Harrison County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
  • Worth 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- Shannon City) 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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