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Nearest Communities to Elkader,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Elkader is located in Logan County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Logan County: Gove, Scott, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace & Wichita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elkader. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Logan 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 Elkader (which is Logan 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 Elkader

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

  • Logan County   (where Elkader resides)
    • County Seat for Logan:   Oakley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkader   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkader.
      • Russell Springs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russell Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Springs
        • Russell Springs is located in Logan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Monument
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
        • Monument is located in Logan County
      • Oakley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Page City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
        • Page City is located in Logan County
      • Winona
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
        • Winona is located in Logan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
  • Gove County
    • County Seat for Gove:   Gove City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkader   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkader.
      • Gove City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gove City
        • Gove City is located in Gove County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
        • Gove City has also been known as:
        • Gove
      • Grinnell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
        • Grinnell is located in Gove County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
        • Grinnell has also been known as:
        • Grinnette Springs
      • Grainfield
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lane County
    • County Seat for Lane:   Dighton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkader   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkader.
      • Healy
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Healy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healy
        • Healy is located in Lane County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Healy <4>
      • Amy ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
        • Amy is located in Lane County
        • Former name for Amy:
        • Ellen
      • Shields
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
        • Shields is located in Lane County
      • Dighton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Scott County
    • County Seat for Scott:   Scott City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkader   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkader.
      • Pence
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
        • Pence is located in Scott County
      • Manning
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
        • Manning is located in Scott County
      • Scott City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
        • Scott City is located in Scott County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,736 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott City <4>
      • Grigston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grigston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grigston
        • Grigston is located in Scott County
      • Hutchins
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
        • Hutchins is located in Scott County
      • Modoc
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
        • Modoc is located in Scott County
      • Shallow Water
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shallow Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Water
        • Shallow Water is located in Scott County
  • Sheridan County
  • Thomas County
    • County Seat for Thomas:   Colby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkader   ...
      • Spica
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spica have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
        • Spica is located in Thomas County
  • Wichita County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Elkader) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elkader. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7935, Longitude: -100.8598       In this case, the coordinates for Elkader have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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