Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wrights Corner, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wrights Corner:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 starting from Wrights Corner.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wrights Corner is located in 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 Wrights Corner. Of these communities, 111 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 Wrights Corner (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 Wrights Corner
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fayette County (where Wrights Corner resides)
- County Website: https://www.fayettecountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Fayette: Vandalia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Magnolia Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Corner is located in Fayette County
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- Post Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak is located in Fayette County
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- Greenland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Fayette County
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- Pruett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pruett is located in Fayette County
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- Holliday
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
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- Sefton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sefton is located in Fayette County
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- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
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- Saint Elmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Churches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Churches is located in Fayette County
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- Avena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Avena is located in Fayette County
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- Brownstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dressor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dressor is located in Fayette County
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- Saint James
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint James is located in Fayette County
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- Ramsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Confidence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Confidence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Bluff City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Fayette County
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- Vera
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vera is located in Fayette County
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- Loogootee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vandalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayle City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bayle City is located in Fayette County
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- Wilberton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wilberton is located in Fayette County
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- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Fayette County
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- Saint Peter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shafter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shafter is located in Fayette County
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- Bingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Fayette County
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- La Clede
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- La Clede is located in Fayette County
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- Augsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Augsburg is located in Fayette County
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- Hagarstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Fayette County
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- Farina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shobonier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(25 miles [40.2 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 Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Mulberry Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Bond County
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- Woburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woburn is located in Bond County
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- Pleasant Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mound is located in Bond County
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- Durley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durley is located in Bond County
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- Smithboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Christian County
- County Website: https://www.christiancountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Christian: Taylorville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Pana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosamond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkel is located in Christian County
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- Millersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millersville is located in Christian County
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- Assumption
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Owaneco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vanderville is located in Christian County
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- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountyillinois.org/
- County Seat for Clay: Louisville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Cruse
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cruse is located in Clay County
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- Iola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Clay County
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- Riffle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riffle is located in Clay County
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- Bible Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bible Grove is located in Clay County
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- Oskaloosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oskaloosa is located in Clay County
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- Bethel ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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 Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Coles County
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- Paradise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise 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 Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Lillyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lillyville is located in Cumberland County
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- Neoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roslyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Roslyn is located in Cumberland County
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- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Cumberland County
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- Neal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neal is located in Cumberland County
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- Effingham County
- County Website: https://effinghamcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Effingham: Effingham
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Moccasin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
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- Beecher City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Blue Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blue Point is located in Effingham County
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- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Effingham County
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- Altamont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Meadows is located in Effingham County
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- Southmore Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Southmore Heights is located in Effingham County
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- Dexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Effingham County
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- Freenanton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Freenanton is located in Effingham County
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- Keptown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Keptown is located in Effingham County
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- Shumway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore is located in Effingham County
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- Funkhouser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
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- Ewington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ewington is located in Effingham County
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- Effingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Edgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Effingham County
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- Heartville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
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- Bristol ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Effingham County
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- Teutopolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Evers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Evers is located in Effingham County
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- Flemingsburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flemingsburg is located in Effingham County
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- Elliottstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elliottstown is located in Effingham County
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- Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hill is located in Effingham County
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- Eberle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eberle is located in Effingham County
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- Dieterich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Winterrowd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterrowd is located in Effingham County
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- Jasper County
- County Website: https://jaspercountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Jasper: Newton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marion County
- County Website: https://marioncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Marion: Salem
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Lester
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lester is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Kinmundy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Patoka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Omega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Marion County
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- Brubaker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brubaker is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brubaker
- Montgomery County
- County Website: https://montgomerycountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Montgomery: Hillsboro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ohlman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Van Burensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Van Burensburg is located in Montgomery County
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- Chapman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Montgomery County
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- Coalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Nokomis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wenonah
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coffeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Irving
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moultrie County
- County Website: http://moultriecountyil.com/
- County Seat for Moultrie: Sullivan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Bruce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Gays
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- County Website: https://shelbycounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Shelby: Shelbyville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wrights Corner ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wrights Corner.
- Cowden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fancher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
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- Milne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milne is located in Shelby County
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- Mode
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
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- Williamsburg Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Hill
- Williamsburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Shelby County
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- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
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- Clarksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clarksburg is located in Shelby County
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- Hanson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanson is located in Shelby County
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- Stewardson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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- Herborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Herborn is located in Shelby County
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- Westminster ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Shelby County
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- Tower Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Strasburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Strasburg is located in Shelby County
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- Kingman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingman is located in Shelby County
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- Strasburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sigel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Middlesworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Middlesworth is located in Shelby County
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- Dollville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dollville is located in Shelby County
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- Lithia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lithia is located in Shelby County
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- Rennerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rennerville is located in Shelby County
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- Trowbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trowbridge is located in Shelby County
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- Henton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Henton is located in Shelby County
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- Duvall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duvall is located in Shelby County
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- Westervelt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Westervelt is located in Shelby County
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- Sexson Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sexson Corner is located in Shelby County
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- Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Findlay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yantisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yantisville is located in Shelby County
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- Obed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Obed is located in Shelby County
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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- Wrights Corner) 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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