Nearest Communities to Effingham,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Effingham, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Effingham:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Effingham.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Effingham is located in Effingham County and is the County Seat.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Effingham County: Clay, Cumberland, Fayette, Jasper & Shelby.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 164 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Effingham. Of these communities, 135 are located in counties other than Effingham 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 Effingham (which is Effingham 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 Effingham
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Effingham County (where Effingham resides)
- County Website: https://effinghamcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Effingham: Effingham
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Teutopolis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ewington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ewington is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Heartville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Funkhouser
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Evers is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evers
- Green Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Watson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shumway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freenanton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freenanton is located in Effingham County
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- Keptown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keptown is located in Effingham County
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- Dexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blue Point is located in Effingham County
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- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Montrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Dieterich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottstown is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottstown
- Altamont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Meadows is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Meadows
- Moccasin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Effingham County
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- Flemingsburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Flemingsburg is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemingsburg
- Mason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Southmore Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Southmore Heights is located in Effingham County
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- Bristol ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Effingham County
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- Eberle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eberle is located in Effingham County
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- Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hill is located in Effingham County
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- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Winterrowd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winterrowd is located in Effingham County
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- Edgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountyillinois.org/
- County Seat for Clay: Louisville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Hord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hord is located in Clay County
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- Bible Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bible Grove is located in Clay County
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- Iola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cruse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cruse is located in Clay County
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- Riffle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riffle is located in Clay County
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- Hoosier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hoosier is located in Clay County
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- Ingraham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wendelin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wendelin is located in Clay County
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- Oskaloosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oskaloosa is located in Clay County
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- Sailor Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Clay County
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- Coles County
- County Website: https://www.colesco.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Coles: Charleston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Coles County
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- Paradise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Coles County
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- Trilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wabash Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wabash Point is located in Coles County
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- Lerna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jones
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jones is located in Coles County
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- Newby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newby is located in Coles County
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- Lane Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lane Acres is located in Coles County
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- Lipsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lipsey is located in Coles County
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- Mattoon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell is located in Coles County
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- Rolling Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Green is located in Coles County
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- Hanley Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Ford is located in Coles County
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- Walker Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Ford is located in Coles County
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- Loxa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loxa is located in Coles County
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- Halls Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Ford is located in Coles County
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- Cumberland County
- County Website: https://cumberlandcoil.gov/
- County Seat for Cumberland: Toledo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Lillyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lillyville is located in Cumberland County
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- Roslyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roslyn is located in Cumberland County
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- Woodbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Cumberland County
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- Neoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Neal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neal is located in Cumberland County
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- Jewett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cherwood Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cherwood Ford is located in Cumberland County
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- Walla Walla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Toledo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dees
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dees is located in Cumberland County
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- Liberty Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Cumberland County
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- Bradbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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- Johnstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ford
- Greenup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Janesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ford is located in Cumberland County
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- Timothy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCann Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCann Ford is located in Cumberland County
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- Hazel Dell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Diona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Point is located in Cumberland County
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- Union Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vevay Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vevay Park is located in Cumberland County
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- Fayette County
- County Website: https://www.fayettecountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Fayette: Vandalia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Greenland ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Holliday
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Magnolia Corner is located in Fayette County
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- Saint Elmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wrights Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wrights Corner is located in Fayette County
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- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
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- La Clede
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Post Oak is located in Fayette County
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- Pruett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pruett is located in Fayette County
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- Saint James
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint James is located in Fayette County
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- Avena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Avena is located in Fayette County
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- Loogootee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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- Sefton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sefton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sefton
- Farina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brownstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Confidence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Confidence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Saint Peter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Churches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Twin Churches is located in Fayette County
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- Wilberton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberton is located in Fayette County
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- Dressor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Fayette County
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- Augsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augsburg is located in Fayette County
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- Ramsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- County Website: https://jaspercountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Jasper: Newton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Island Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Island Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Grove
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gila
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gila is located in Jasper County
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- Latona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Latona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latona
- Lis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hidalgo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plainfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plainfield is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Rose Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bogota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Jasper County
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- Point Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Point Pleasant is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Brookville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Boos
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boos is located in Jasper County
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- Advance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Jasper County
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- Yale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hunt City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sainte Marie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marion County
- County Website: https://marioncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Marion: Salem
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- Kinmundy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moultrie County
- County Website: http://moultriecountyil.com/
- County Seat for Moultrie: Sullivan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Gays
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bruce is located in Moultrie County
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- Coles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Richland County
- County Website: https://richlandcounty.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Richland: Olney
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Wakefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Passport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsonburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonburg
- Shelby County
- County Website: https://shelbycounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Shelby: Shelbyville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Sigel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stewardson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kingman is located in Shelby County
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- Herborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Herborn is located in Shelby County
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- Trowbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mode
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fancher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Strasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Strasburg is located in Shelby County
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- Strasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Milne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milne is located in Shelby County
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- Sexson Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clarksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Shelby County
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- Cowden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middlesworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
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- Lithia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lithia is located in Shelby County
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- Shelbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg Hill is located in Shelby County
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- Williamsburg ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Shelby County
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- Herrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rennerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rennerville is located in Shelby County
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- Duvall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Shelby County
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- Tower Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Shelby County
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- Findlay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Henton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henton is located in Shelby County
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- Westervelt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westervelt is located in Shelby 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 from Point A (ie- Effingham) 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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