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Nearest Communities to Villisca,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Villisca.<1>

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

Villisca is located in Montgomery County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery County: Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Page, Pottawattamie & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 103 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Villisca. Of these communities, 87 are located in counties other than Montgomery 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 Villisca (which is Montgomery 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 Villisca

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

  • Montgomery County   (where Villisca resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.montgomerycountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Montgomery:   Red Oak
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villisca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villisca.
      • Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
      • Tenville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Sciola
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Stanton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wallin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wallin is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
      • Morton Mills
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Morton Mills is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Mills
      • Frankfort ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Frankfort is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Biddick ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Biddick is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddick
      • Grant
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Grant is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Red Oak
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Stennett
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Stennett is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stennett
      • Coburg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Coburg is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
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        • Elliott
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hawthorne
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
        • McPherson
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • McPherson is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
        • Wales
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Wales is located in Montgomery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
  • Adair County
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://adamscounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Corning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villisca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villisca.
      • Nodaway
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Nodaway is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Dickieville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dickieville is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickieville
      • Brooks
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Iveyville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Strand
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Carbon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quincy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Quincy is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Corning
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln Center
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
      • Queen City ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Queen City is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Icarid ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Icarid is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icarid
        • Icarid has also been known as:
        • Icarian Colony
      • Mercer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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        • Mount Etna
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Mount Etna is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
        • Prescott
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Carl
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Stringtown
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Stringtown is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
        • Williamson
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Nevinville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Nevinville is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevinville
  • Cass County
  • Fremont County
  • Mills County
    • County Website:   https://www.millscountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Mills:   Glenwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villisca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villisca.
      • Climax
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Climax is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Emerson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Solomon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Solomon is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
      • Henderson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hastings
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Hastings is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
      • Strahan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Strahan is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahan
      • White Cloud
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • White Cloud is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
      • Clark
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Clark is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Page County
    • County Website:   https://pagecounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Page:   Clarinda
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villisca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villisca.
      • Hepburn
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Hepburn is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Bethesda
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Bethesda is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
      • Hawleyville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Hawleyville is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
      • Nyman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Clarinda
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Dayton ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Dayton is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Page Center
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Page Center is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
      • Yorktown
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Yorktown is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
      • Tarkio City ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Tarkio City is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
      • Essex
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Shambaugh
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Norwich
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Norwich is located in Page County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
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        • Bingham
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Bingham is located in Page County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
        • College Springs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • College Springs is located in Page County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
        • Coin
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Shenandoah
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Braddyville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Blanchard
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Northboro
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Willsburg ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Willsburg is located in Page County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willsburg
  • Pottawattamie County
  • Ringgold County
  • Taylor County
    • County Website:   https://taylorcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Bedford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villisca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villisca.
      • Henshaw
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Henshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
      • Guss
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Holt
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Holt is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Bushville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Bushville is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
      • New Market
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Gravity
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ladoga
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharpsburg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Siam
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
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        • Lenox
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Bedford
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Conway
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Conway is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
        • Merle Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
        • Clearfield
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Platteville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Platteville is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
  • Union County
  • Atchison County
  • Nodaway County
    • County Website:   https://www.nodawaycountymo.com/
    • County Seat for Nodaway:   Maryville (MO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villisca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villisca.
      • Hopkins
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Hopkins is located in Nodaway County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins <3>
      • Clearmont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Elmo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Elmo is located in Nodaway County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
      • Possum Walk
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Possum Walk is located in Nodaway County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Walk
      • Allison
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Allison is located in Nodaway County (MO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Villisca) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.