Nearest Communities to Kewanee,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Kewanee, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Kewanee:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Kewanee.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Kewanee is located in Henry County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Henry County: Bureau, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark & Whiteside.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 150 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kewanee. Of these communities, 113 are located in counties other than Henry 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 Kewanee (which is Henry 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 Kewanee
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Henry County (where Kewanee resides)
- County Website: https://www.henrycty.com/
- County Seat for Henry: Cambridge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- German Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- German Corner is located in Henry County
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- Saxon ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saxon is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- Galva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Annawan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bishop Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ulah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ulah is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulah
- Atkinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nekoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nekoma is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
- Kedron ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kedron is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
- Geneseo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hooppole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Andover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Osco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aliceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aliceville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Morristown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morristown is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Woodhull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lynn Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alpha
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ophiem
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ophiem is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophiem
- Hickory Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Shady Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Beach is located in Henry County
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- Woodcrest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodcrest is located in Henry County
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- Orion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Level Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Level Acres is located in Henry County
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- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Henry County
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- Green River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green River is located in Henry County
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- Warner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warner is located in Henry County
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- Oxford ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oxford is located in Henry County
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- Briar Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Briar Bluff is located in Henry County
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- Cleveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Colona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County
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- Sunny Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Brook Lawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Lawn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Lawn
- Sunny Hill Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sunny Hill Estates is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill Estates
- Timber Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Ridge is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Bureau County
- County Website: https://bureaucounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Bureau: Princeton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Neponset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Buda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Langley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Langley is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Bourbonais ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bourbonais is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbonais
- Providence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Milo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Milo is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Thomas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Wyanet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manlius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tiskilwa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Whitefield is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefield
- Lone Tree Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau County
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- Love
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Love is located in Bureau County
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- Yorktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yorktown is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Normandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Normandy is located in Bureau County
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- Walnut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bureau Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <3>
- Limerick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Limerick is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Coal Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kasbeer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- County Website: https://www.knoxcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Knox: Galesburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Altona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Victoria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Truro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Truro is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Williamsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Run is located in Knox County
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- Ontario
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Dahinda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wataga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Trenton Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Corners
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elba Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elba Center is located in Knox County
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- Knox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knox is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
- East Galesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Galesburg is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Gilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Grove
- Knoxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Soperville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Soperville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soperville
- Galesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://marshallcountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Marshall: Lacon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Broadmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Broadmoor is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
- Camp Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga Center is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Center
- Lawn Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lawn Ridge is located in Marshall County
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- Sparland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Lacon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- County Website: https://www.mercercountyil.org/
- County Seat for Mercer: Aledo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- New Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Windsor is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
- Swedona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swedona is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedona
- Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 760 people
- Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Cable
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- North Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sherrard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Peoria County
- County Website: https://www.peoriacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Peoria: Peoria
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Elmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elmore is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Laura
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monica is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
- Princeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edelstein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Hallock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Hallock is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hallock
- Brimfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Akron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akron is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Dunlap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Southport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- North Chillicothe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Chillicothe is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chillicothe
- Putnam County
- County Website: https://putnamil.gov/
- County Seat for Putnam: Hennepin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Putnam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Spring is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring
- Undercliff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Undercliff is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Undercliff
- Walnut Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Rock Island County
- County Website: https://rockislandcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Rock Island: Rock Island
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Rustic Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rustic Acres is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Acres
- Joslin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joslin is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joslin
- Osborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osborn is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Hillsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barstow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Cliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Silvis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- County Website: https://www.starkco.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Stark: Toulon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Osceola is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- La Fayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Toulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Modena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Modena is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Waldron ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waldron is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Lombardville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lombardville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardville
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morse ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morse is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Castleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Jersey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Jersey is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jersey
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- Slackwater ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Slackwater is located in Stark County
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- Duncan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Duncan is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Stark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stark is located in Stark County
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- Speer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteside County
- County Website: https://www.whitesidecountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Whiteside: Morrison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kewanee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kewanee.
- Leon Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leon Corners is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Corners
- Jefferson Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Corners is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Corners
- Spring Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Tampico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deer Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Portland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Portland is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Prophetstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Erie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hahnaman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hahnaman is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahnaman
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kewanee) 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. |