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Nearest Communities to Soldier,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast 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 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 east 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 starting from Soldier.<1>

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

Soldier is located in Monona County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monona County: Crawford, Harrison, Woodbury, Burt (NE) & Thurston (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 77 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Soldier. Of these communities, 64 are located in counties other than Monona 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 Soldier (which is Monona 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 Soldier

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

  • Monona County   (where Soldier resides)
  • Crawford County
    • County Website:   https://www.crawfordcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Crawford:   Denison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soldier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soldier.
      • Berne
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Berne is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
      • Charter Oak
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Haley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Haley is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
      • Kenwood
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Bell is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Ricketts
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ricketts is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Dow City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Arion
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Arion is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
      • Buck Grove
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Buck Grove is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
      • Kimze
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Kimze is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimze
      • Sunset Village
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Sunset Village is located in Crawford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
      • Denison
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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        • Schleswig
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Deloit
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Deloit is located in Crawford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
        • Astor
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Astor is located in Crawford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
        • Kiron
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Manilla
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Vail
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Vail is located in Crawford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <3>
  • Harrison County
    • County Website:   https://harrisoncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Harrison:   Logan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soldier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soldier.
      • Allen
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Allen is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Dunlap
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pisgah
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Baird
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Baird is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Woodbine
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Little Sioux
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Orson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Echo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Echo is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • River Sioux
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • River Sioux is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Sioux
      • Magnolia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Magnolia is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
      • Willett
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Willett is located in Harrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willett
      • Mondamin
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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        • Logan
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Calhoun
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Calhoun is located in Harrison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
        • Hard Scratch
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
        • Orton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Orton is located in Harrison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orton
        • Modale
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Crisp
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Crisp is located in Harrison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
        • Missouri Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Euclid
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Euclid is located in Harrison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
        • Persia
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Persia is located in Harrison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • Ida County
  • Shelby County
    • County Website:   https://shelbycounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Shelby:   Harlan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soldier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soldier.
      • Manteno
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Manteno is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteno
      • Earling
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Earling is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earling
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
      • Panama
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Defiance
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Defiance is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Portsmouth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westphalia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Westphalia is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Woodbury County
  • Burt County
  • Thurston County

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- Soldier) 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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