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Nearest Communities to Blocker,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Blocker.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Blocker is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Washington County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Riley, Gage (NE), Jefferson (NE) & Thayer (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 77 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blocker. Of these communities, 58 are located in counties other than Washington County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Blocker (which is Washington 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 Blocker

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

  • Washington County   (where Blocker resides)
    • County Seat for Washington:   Washington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Morrowville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Haddam
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haddam have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
        • Haddam is located in Washington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
        • Haddam has also been known as:
        • Haddam City
        • West Haddam
      • Enosdale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosdale
        • Enosdale is located in Washington County
      • Washington
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahaska
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahaska have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaska
        • Mahaska is located in Washington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
      • Strawberry
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
        • Strawberry is located in Washington County
      • Hollenberg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenberg
        • Hollenberg is located in Washington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
      • Brantford
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brantford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
        • Brantford is located in Washington County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Brantford
        • From Blocker to Brantford
      • Linn
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Calderhead
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calderhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calderhead
        • Calderhead is located in Washington County
      • Spence
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
        • Spence is located in Washington County
      • Greenleaf
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
        • Greenleaf is located in Washington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <5>
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Hanover
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
          • Hanover is located in Washington County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <5>
        • Palmer
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lanham
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Clifton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Barnes
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Kimeo
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimeo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimeo
          • Kimeo is located in Washington County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Kimeo
          • From Blocker to Kimeo
        • Chepstow
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chepstow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepstow
          • Chepstow is located in Washington County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Chepstow
          • From Blocker to Chepstow
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   www.claycountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Clay Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Vining
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
        • Vining is located in Clay County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Garfield Center
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Oscar ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
        • Oscar is located in Clay County
      • Morganville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Cloud County
    • County Seat for Cloud:   Concordia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Clyde
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
        • Clyde is located in Cloud County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <5>
      • Ames
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Joseph
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rice
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosaco
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosaco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosaco
        • Rosaco is located in Cloud County
      • Cook
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
        • Cook is located in Cloud County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Cook
        • From Blocker to Cook
  • Marshall County
    • County Seat for Marshall:   Marysville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Bremen
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hermansberg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermansberg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansberg
        • Hermansberg is located in Marshall County
      • Herkimer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herkimer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herkimer
        • Herkimer is located in Marshall County
      • Waterville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alcove Spring ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Schroyer
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schroyer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schroyer
        • Schroyer is located in Marshall County
      • Lone Elm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Elm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
        • Lone Elm is located in Marshall County
      • Marysville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Republic County
    • County Seat for Republic:   Belleville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Haworth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haworth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
        • Haworth is located in Republic County
      • Narka
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cuba
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
        • Cuba is located in Republic County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <5>
      • Agenda
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agenda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
        • Agenda is located in Republic County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
      • Tabor
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tabor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
        • Tabor is located in Republic County
        • Tabor has also been known as:
        • Mount Tabor
        • New Tabor
      • Munden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Wayne
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
        • Wayne is located in Republic County
      • Belleville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
        • Belleville is located in Republic County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleville <5>
      • Talmo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
        • Talmo is located in Republic County
      • Rydal
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rydal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rydal
        • Rydal is located in Republic County
      • Harbine
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbine
        • Harbine is located in Republic County
      • Scandia
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
        • Scandia is located in Republic County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scandia <5>
  • Riley County
  • Gage County
  • Jefferson County
    • County Website:   www.co.jefferson.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Jefferson:   Fairbury (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Thompson
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Reynolds
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Endicott
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endicott have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endicott
        • Endicott is located in Jefferson County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Endicott <5>
      • Rudy
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rudy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
        • Rudy is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Steele City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairbury
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Gladstone
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
        • Gladstone is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Jansen
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jansen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
        • Jansen is located in Jefferson County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jansen <5>
      • Diller
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Hedrix
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedrix have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrix
          • Hedrix is located in Jefferson County (NE)
        • Powell
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Meridian ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
          • Meridian is located in Jefferson County (NE)
        • Harbine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bower ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bower have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
          • Bower is located in Jefferson County (NE)
        • Helvey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helvey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvey
          • Helvey is located in Jefferson County (NE)
  • Thayer County
    • County Website:   www.thayercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Thayer:   Hebron (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blocker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blocker.
      • Williams ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
        • Williams is located in Thayer County (NE)
      • Hubbell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
        • Hubbell is located in Thayer County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbell <5>
      • Gilead
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
        • Gilead is located in Thayer County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilead <5>
      • Chester
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Stoddard ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoddard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
        • Stoddard is located in Thayer County (NE)
      • Alexandria
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hebron
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Byron
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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- Blocker) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blocker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8718, Longitude: -97.2142    
<2>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 Blocker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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