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Nearest Communities to Wightman,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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 north 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 starting from Wightman.<1>

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

Wightman 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 107 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wightman. Of these communities, 86 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 Wightman (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 Wightman

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

  • Calhoun County   (where Wightman resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Rockwell City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wightman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wightman.
      • Lohrville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rands
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Stimsons ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Stimsons is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimsons
      • Piper
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Piper is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Rinard
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Rinard is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Farnhamville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Farnhamville is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnhamville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Sherwood
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockwell City
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Easley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Easley is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
      • Somers
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Somers is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Lavinia
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Lavinia is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Yetter
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Yetter is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
        • Richard
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Richard is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
        • Twin Lakes
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Jolley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Knierim
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Knierim is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knierim
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
        • Lytton
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Lytton is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
        • Manson
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Knoke
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Knoke is located in Calhoun County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoke
        • Pomeroy
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Boone County
  • Carroll County
    • County Website:   https://www.carrollcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Carroll:   Carroll
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wightman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wightman.
      • Lanesboro
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lanesboro is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Benan ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Benan is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benan
      • Kentner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Kentner is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentner
      • Lidderdale
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ralston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Glidden
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Carmel
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Mount Carmel is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
      • Carroll Community Estates
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Carroll
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Maple River is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
      • Breda
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Carrollton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Willey
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Roselle
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Coon Rapids
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Arcadia
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
        • Halbur
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Halbur is located in Carroll County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halbur
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
        • Dedham
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Templeton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Crawford County
  • Greene County
  • Guthrie County
  • Pocahontas County
  • Sac County
    • County Website:   https://www.saccountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Sac:   Sac City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wightman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wightman.
      • Auburn
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Grant City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Grant City is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
      • Ulmer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Ulmer is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmer
      • Pettis
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Pettis is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettis
      • Hart
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Hart is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Carnarvon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sac City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake View
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
      • Wall Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Herring ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • McCloy ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • McCloy is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloy
      • Brogan ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Brogan is located in Sac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
  • Webster County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wightman) 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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