Nearest Communities to Valdora,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Valdora, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Valdora:
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.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Valdora is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Clayton County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clayton County: Allamakee, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Winneshiek, Crawford (WI) & Grant (WI).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 143 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Valdora. Of these communities, 100 are located in counties other than Clayton County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Valdora (which is Clayton 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 Valdora
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Clayton County (where Valdora resides)
- County Website: https://www.claytoncountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Clayton: Elkader
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Beulah
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County
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- Froelich
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Froelich is located in Clayton County
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- Monona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Giard Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Giard Station is located in Clayton County
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- Watson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Clayton County
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- Giard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Giard is located in Clayton County
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- Farmersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Luana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Yards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Yards is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yards
- Saint Olaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marquette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McGregor Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McGregor Heights is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor Heights
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- McGregor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Clayton County
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- Ridley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ridley is located in Clayton County
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- Clayton Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County
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- Gunder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gunder is located in Clayton County
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- Elkader
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Garnavillo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Motor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Motor is located in Clayton County
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- Highland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Clayton County
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- Communia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Communia is located in Clayton County
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- Osborne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Osborne is located in Clayton County
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- Ceres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ceres is located in Clayton County
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- Eckards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eckards is located in Clayton County
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- Littleport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Littleport is located in Clayton County
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- Mederville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
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- Volga
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Volga is located in Clayton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Elkport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garber is located in Clayton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Guttenberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Osterdock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Snefs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Snefs is located in Clayton County
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- Saint Sebald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Sebald is located in Clayton County
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- Thomasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomasville is located in Clayton County
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- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Clayton County
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- Updegraff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Updegraff is located in Clayton County
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- Strawberry Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wood is located in Clayton County
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- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
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- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Turkey River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
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- North Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Allamakee County
- County Website: https://allamakeecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Allamakee: Waukon
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Sixteen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sixteen is located in Allamakee County
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- Volney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County
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- Ion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County
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- Egan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Egan is located in Allamakee County
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- Yellow River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow River is located in Allamakee County
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- Rossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County
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- Waukon Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County
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- Waterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Postville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Maud is located in Allamakee County
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- Harpers Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dalby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County
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- Eldergrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eldergrove is located in Allamakee County
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- Elon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County
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- Thompson Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Thompson Corner is located in Allamakee County
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- Ludlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow is located in Allamakee County
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- Waukon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lyndale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lyndale is located in Allamakee County
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- Village Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Village Creek is located in Allamakee County
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- Lycurgus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County
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- Church
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Church is located in Allamakee County
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- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Allamakee County
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- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Delaware County
- County Website: https://delawarecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Delaware: Manchester
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Edgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Colesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- York is located in Delaware County
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- Forestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Delaware County
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- Greeley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
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- Fayette County
- County Website: https://fayettecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Fayette: West Union
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Clermont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Illyria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Illyria is located in Fayette County
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- Brainard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brainard is located in Fayette County
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- Dover Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dover Mills is located in Fayette County
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- Wadena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lima
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lima is located in Fayette County
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- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Albany is located in Fayette County
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- Taylorsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Taylorsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Eldorado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- West Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Fayette County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Fayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Douglass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Douglass is located in Fayette County
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- Maryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maryville is located in Fayette County
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- Donnan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Donnan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnan
- Randalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Randalia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Saint Lucas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Lucas is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Fayette County
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- Winneshiek County
- County Website: https://winneshiekcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Winneshiek: Decorah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Junction ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Moneek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moneek is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneek
- Frankville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frankville is located in Winneshiek County
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- Castalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Castalia is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Washington Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Prairie is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Prairie
- Ossian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nasset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nasset is located in Winneshiek County
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- Thoten
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thoten is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoten
- Nordness
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nordness is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordness
- Twin Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Springs is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Canoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canoe is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Freeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport is located in Winneshiek County
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- Festina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Calmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Decorah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sattre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sattre is located in Winneshiek County
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- Conover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fort Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- County Website: https://www.crawfordcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Crawford: Prairie du Chien (WI)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Prairie du Chien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- White Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- White Corners is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Corners
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Charme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charme is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Eastman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Wauzeka
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Ferryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Seneca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Steuben
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Freeman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Boydtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- De Soto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Barnum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barnum is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Mount Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Reed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reed is located in Crawford County (WI)
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- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Grant County
- County Website: http://www.co.grant.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Lancaster (WI)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valdora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valdora.
- Wyalusing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bagley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Brodtville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brodtville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodtville
- Patch Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Glen Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Millville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Millville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- North Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Andover is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Mount Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Diamond Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Grove is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Woodman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Woodman is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Cassville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Shady Dell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shady Dell is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Beetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beetown is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Flora Fountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flora Fountain is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Mount Ida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Werley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Werley is located in Grant County (WI)
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- Five Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Grant County (WI)
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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- Valdora) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Valdora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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