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Nearest Communities to Twin Lakes,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note 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.

Twin Lakes 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 104 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Twin Lakes. Of these communities, 83 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 Twin Lakes (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 Twin Lakes

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

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