Nearest Communities to West Union,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to West Union, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for West Union:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
West Union is located in Fayette County and is the County Seat.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fayette County: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware & Winneshiek.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 122 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Union. Of these communities, 96 are located in counties other than Fayette 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 West Union (which is Fayette 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 West Union
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fayette County (where West Union resides)
- County Website: https://fayettecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Fayette: West Union
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Douglass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Douglass is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brainard is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainard
- Dover Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Mills is located in Fayette County
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- Donnan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Donnan is located in Fayette County
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- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Fayette County
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- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Fayette County
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- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Fayette County
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- Randalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Randalia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Hawkeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hawkeye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Clermont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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- Saint Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Lucas is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Illyria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Illyria is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illyria
- Wadena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Fayette County
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- Richfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Richfield is located in Fayette County
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- Waucoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Taylorsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Westgate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westgate is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Scott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scott is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Oelwein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Maryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maryville is located in Fayette County
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- Oran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oran is located in Fayette County
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- 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 West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Postville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow is located in Allamakee County
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- Volney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County
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- Rossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County
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- Sixteen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sixteen is located in Allamakee County
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- Waukon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maud is located in Allamakee County
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- Ion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County
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- Egan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Egan is located in Allamakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Bremer County
- County Website: https://www.bremercounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Bremer: Waverly
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Sumner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Fountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Fountain is located in Bremer County
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- Buck Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Creek is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Miner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miner is located in Bremer County
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- Tripoli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Old Tripoli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Old Tripoli is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tripoli
- Wapsie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wapsie is located in Bremer County
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- Frederika
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Frederika is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederika
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Readlyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knittel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knittel is located in Bremer County
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- Seigel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seigel is located in Bremer County
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- Klinger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Klinger is located in Bremer County
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- Artesian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Artesian is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian
- Buchanan County
- County Website: https://www.buchanancounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Buchanan: Independence
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Hazleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairbank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bryantsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bryantsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
- Lamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw County
- County Website: https://chickasawcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Chickasaw: New Hampton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Lawler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Little Turkey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Little Turkey is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Turkey
- Fredericksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Chickasaw County
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- Boyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Chickasaw County
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- Nansen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nansen is located in Chickasaw County
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- Reilly Settlement
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reilly Settlement is located in Chickasaw County
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- Saude
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saude is located in Chickasaw County
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- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dresden is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
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- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Chickasaw County
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- Bethany Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Hall is located in Chickasaw County
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- New Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jerico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jerico is located in Chickasaw County
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- Devon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Devon is located in Chickasaw County
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- Republic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Republic is located in Chickasaw County
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- Clayton County
- 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 West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Gunder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gunder is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunder
- Ridley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridley is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridley
- Volga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Volga is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Clayton County
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- Thomasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thomasville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Luana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Sebald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Sebald is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Sebald
- Elkader
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Olaf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Osborne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Osborne is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Farmersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Monona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mederville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mederville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mederville
- Strawberry Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valdora ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valdora is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdora
- Beulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County
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- Clayton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County
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- Froelich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Froelich is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froelich
- Watson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Watson is located in Clayton County
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- Communia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Communia is located in Clayton County
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- Motor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Motor is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor
- Giard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Giard is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giard
- Littleport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Littleport is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Giard Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Giard Station is located in Clayton County
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- Garnavillo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delaware County
- County Website: https://delawarecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Delaware: Manchester
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Forestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Dundee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Edgewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howard County
- County Website: https://howardcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Howard: Cresco
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- Protivin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winneshiek County
- County Website: https://winneshiekcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Winneshiek: Decorah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Union ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
- Festina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Springs is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Castalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Junction ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Ossian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Atkinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calmar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Junction is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Navan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Navan is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navan
- Moneek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moneek is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneek
- Conover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Frankville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Frankville is located in Winneshiek County
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- Spillville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nordness
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nordness is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordness
- Decorah
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Winneshiek County
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- Nasset
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nasset is located in Winneshiek County
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- Washington Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Prairie is located in Winneshiek County
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- Ridgeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thoten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Thoten is located in Winneshiek County
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- Canoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Canoe is located in Winneshiek County
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- Springwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Springwater is located in Winneshiek 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- West Union) 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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