Nearest Communities to Howards Point,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Howards Point, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Howards Point:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Howards Point<2> is historic,<3> it would have been located within present day Fayette County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fayette County: Bond, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Marion, Montgomery & Shelby.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 144 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Howards Point. Of these communities, 111 are located in counties other than Fayette County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<4> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Howards Point (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 Howards Point
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fayette County (where Howards Point resides)
- County Website: https://www.fayettecountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Fayette: Vandalia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Saint Elmo
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Avena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avena is located in Fayette County
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- Pruett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pruett is located in Fayette County
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- Saint James
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint James is located in Fayette County
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- Magnolia Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Corner is located in Fayette County
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- Post Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Post Oak is located in Fayette County
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- Brownstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sefton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sefton is located in Fayette County
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- Wrights Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wrights Corner is located in Fayette County
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- Confidence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Confidence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Loogootee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Peter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Wilberton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilberton
- Bluff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Greenland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Twin Churches
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Churches is located in Fayette County
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- La Clede
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- La Clede is located in Fayette County
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- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Fayette County
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- Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Fayette County
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- Holliday
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
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- Farina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Augsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Augsburg is located in Fayette County
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- Vandalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vera
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vera is located in Fayette County
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- Dressor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dressor is located in Fayette County
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- Ramsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shobonier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayle City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bayle City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayle City
- Hagarstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shafter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shafter is located in Fayette County
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- Jimtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jimtown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Bingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Bond County
- County Website: https://bondcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Bond: Greenville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Mulberry Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Bond County
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- Pleasant Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mound is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mound
- Woburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woburn is located in Bond County
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- Hookdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hookdale is located in Bond County
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- Smithboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Keyesport Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keyesport Landing is located in Bond County
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- Durley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Durley is located in Bond County
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- Tamalco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tamalco is located in Bond County
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- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- County Website: https://www.christiancountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Christian: Taylorville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Pana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosamond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountyillinois.org/
- County Seat for Clay: Louisville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Cruse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cruse is located in Clay County
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- Iola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Clay County
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- Oskaloosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oskaloosa is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskaloosa
- Riffle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riffle is located in Clay County
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- Bethel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Clay County
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- Bible Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bible Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier is located in Clay County
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- Xenia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ingraham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kenner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kenner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
- Clinton County
- County Website: https://clintonco.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Clinton: Carlyle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Boulder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
- Keyesport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- County Website: https://cumberlandcoil.gov/
- County Seat for Cumberland: Toledo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Lillyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lillyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Neoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roslyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roslyn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslyn
- Effingham County
- County Website: https://effinghamcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Effingham: Effingham
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Southmore Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Southmore Heights is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmore Heights
- Altamont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Meadows is located in Effingham County
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- Gilmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Freenanton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Freenanton is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freenanton
- Keptown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Keptown is located in Effingham County
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- Blue Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Point is located in Effingham County
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- Dexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
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- Moccasin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Beecher City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Edgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Funkhouser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
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- Mason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bristol ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Effingham County
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- Holland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Ewington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ewington is located in Effingham County
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- Watson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shumway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
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- Flemingsburg ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Flemingsburg is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemingsburg
- Effingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hill is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Elliottstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elliottstown is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottstown
- Teutopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Green Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Eberle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eberle is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberle
- Evers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Evers is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evers
- Dieterich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winterrowd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winterrowd is located in Effingham County
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- Montrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Jasper County
- County Website: https://jaspercountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Jasper: Newton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Island Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Island Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Grove
- Wheeler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Latona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Latona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latona
- Marion County
- County Website: https://marioncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Marion: Salem
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Lester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Kinmundy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brubaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brubaker is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brubaker
- Omega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Patoka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tonti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tonti is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonti
- Bannister
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bannister is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairman is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
- Iuka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Odin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Selmaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Selmaville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selmaville
- Montgomery County
- County Website: https://montgomerycountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Montgomery: Hillsboro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Van Burensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Van Burensburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Burensburg
- Fillmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chapman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Nokomis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ohlman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coffeen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Wenonah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wenonah is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenonah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Witt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- County Website: https://shelbycounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Shelby: Shelbyville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Howards Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Howards Point.
- Cowden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Herrick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fancher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
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- Milne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Milne is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milne
- Mode
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Williamsburg Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Hill
- Williamsburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hanson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hanson is located in Shelby County
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- Stewardson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clarksburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Lakewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Herborn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Herborn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herborn
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- Oconee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Sigel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kingman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingman is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
- South Strasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Strasburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strasburg
- Strasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Trowbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Middlesworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesworth
- Dollville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dollville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollville
- Lithia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lithia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Henton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Henton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henton
- Rennerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rennerville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennerville
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Howards Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Howards Point may originally have been Howard's Point. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Howards Point might be written as Howard Point. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Howards Point. |
| <3> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Howards Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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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