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Nearest Communities to Valley Junction,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Valley Junction, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Valley Junction:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Valley Junction is located in Polk County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story & Warren.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 174 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Valley Junction. Of these communities, 108 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Valley Junction (which is Polk 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 Valley Junction
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Polk County (where Valley Junction resides)
- County Website: https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Des Moines
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- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Crestwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crestwood is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood
- Windsor Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millman is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millman
- Ashawa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ashawa is located in Polk County
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- Commerce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce is located in Polk County
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- West Des Moines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Meadows is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Des Moines
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lovington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lovington is located in Polk County
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- Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell is located in Polk County
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- Clive
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Urbandale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- Norwalk
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Des Moines
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Des Moines is located in Polk County
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- Rider
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rider is located in Polk County
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- South Ridge Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Ridge Estates is located in Polk County
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- Easton Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Easton Place is located in Polk County
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- Johnston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Des Moines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Des Moines is located in Polk County
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- Marquisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marquisville is located in Polk County
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- Saylor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saylor is located in Polk County
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- Saylorville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saylorville is located in Polk County
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- Swanwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swanwood is located in Polk County
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- Levey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Levey is located in Polk County
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- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Camp Dodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Camp Dodge is located in Polk County
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- Bowsher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowsher is located in Polk County
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- Carney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carney is located in Polk County
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- Country Estate Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwoodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwoodville is located in Polk County
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- Saylor Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saylor Station is located in Polk County
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- Grimes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Polk County
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- Carbondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Polk County
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- Herrold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Herrold is located in Polk County
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- Berwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Polk County
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- Capitol Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Capitol Heights is located in Polk County
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- Avon Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Avon Lake is located in Polk County
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- Hastie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hastie is located in Polk County
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- Rising Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Polk County
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- Oralabor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oralabor is located in Polk County
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- White Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Polk County
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- Carlisle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodland Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodland Hills is located in Polk County
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- Andrews
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Andrews is located in Polk County
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- Corydon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corydon is located in Polk County
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- Altoona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ankeny
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quilhart ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quilhart is located in Polk County
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- Adelphi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Adelphi is located in Polk County
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- Crocker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crocker is located in Polk County
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- Polk City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Enterprise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Polk County
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- Ivy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ivy is located in Polk County
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- Bondurant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Polk City Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Polk City Junction is located in Polk County
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- Alleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alleman is located in Polk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Runnells
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elkhart
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Santiago
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santiago is located in Polk County
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- Sheldahl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sheldahl is located in Polk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Ottawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa is located in Polk County
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- Farrar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Polk County
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- Loring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Loring is located in Polk County
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- Oakwood Station ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Station is located in Polk County
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- Boone County
- County Website: https://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Boone: Boone
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Madrid
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Luther
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Napier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Napier is located in Boone County
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- Clarke County
- County Website: https://clarkecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Clarke: Osceola
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Clarke County
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- Jamison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jamison is located in Clarke County
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- Dallas County
- County Website: https://www.dallascountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Dallas: Adel
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Midwest Country Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Booneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Waukee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ingersoll ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ingersoll is located in Dallas County
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- Van Meter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ortonville is located in Dallas County
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- Granger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- DeSoto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gibbsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gibbsville is located in Dallas County
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- High Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- High Bridge is located in Dallas County
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- Black Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Black Corners is located in Dallas County
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- Moran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moran is located in Dallas County
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- Garretville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Garretville is located in Dallas County
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- Quarry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quarry is located in Dallas County
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- Minburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minburn is located in Dallas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
- Kennedy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Dallas County
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- Woodward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Xenia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Xenia is located in Dallas County
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- Panther
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Panther is located in Dallas County
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- Bouton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardiner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardiner is located in Dallas County
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- Wiscotta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wiscotta is located in Dallas County
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- Redfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perry Yard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perry Yard is located in Dallas County
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- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Caldwell Siding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caldwell Siding is located in Dallas County
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- Linden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Dallas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Jasper County
- County Website: https://jasperia.org/
- County Seat for Jasper: Newton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Prairiebell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Prairiebell is located in Jasper County
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- Vandalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vandalia is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Oswalt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oswalt is located in Jasper County
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- Valeria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valeria is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Prairie City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Severs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Severs is located in Jasper County
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- Green Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Castle is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
- Goddard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goddard is located in Jasper County
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- Clyde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Jasper County
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- Ira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ira is located in Jasper County
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- Metz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Metz is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Madison County
- County Website: https://madisoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Madison: Winterset
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- McBride
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McBride is located in Madison County
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- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Clucas
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clucas is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clucas
- Tileville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tileville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tileville
- Hanley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hanley is located in Madison County
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- Saint Charles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Earlham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Winterset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Madison County
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- Truro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Peru is located in Madison County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Old Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Peru is located in Madison County
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- Ord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ord is located in Madison County
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- Pitzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pitzer is located in Madison County
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- Marion County
- County Website: https://www.marioncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Marion: Knoxville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Swan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Morgin Valley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morgin Valley is located in Marion County
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- Percy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Percy is located in Marion County
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- Pleasantville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caloma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caloma is located in Marion County
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- Story County
- County Website: https://www.storycountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Story: Nevada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Slater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huxley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Midvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Midvale is located in Story County
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- Kelley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Maxwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robison - Whitaker Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Center is located in Story County
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- Shipley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shipley is located in Story County
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- Warren County
- County Website: https://www.warrencountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Warren: Indianola
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Valley Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Valley Junction.
- Lakewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakewood is located in Warren County
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- Orillia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orillia is located in Warren County
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- Cumming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
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- Prole
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prole is located in Warren County
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- Spring Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Churchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Churchville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
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- Summerset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summerset is located in Warren County
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- Martensdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bevington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Conger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Conger is located in Warren County
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- Wick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wick is located in Warren County
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- Greenbush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Indianola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Warren County
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- Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ford is located in Warren County
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- Hartford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys is located in Warren County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- West Saint Marys
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Saint Marys is located in Warren County
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- Ackworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ackworth is located in Warren County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Clarkson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clarkson is located in Warren County
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- Hammondsburgh ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammondsburgh is located in Warren County
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- Sandyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandyville is located in Warren County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Beech
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Warren County
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- Milo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cool
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cool is located in Warren County
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- South River Crossing ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- South River Crossing is located in Warren County
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- Lawrenceburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceburg is located in Warren County
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- Medora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Medora is located in Warren County
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- New Virginia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Center is located in Warren County
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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- Valley Junction) 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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