Nearest Communities to Adel,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Adel, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Adel:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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.
Please note 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.
Adel is located in Mercer County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Decatur (IA), Wayne (IA), Grundy, Harrison, Putnam & Sullivan.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 115 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Adel. Of these communities, 99 are located in counties other than Mercer 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 Adel (which is Mercer 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 Adel
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mercer County (where Adel resides)
- County Seat for Mercer: Princeton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Wataga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wataga is located in Mercer County
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- Saline
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saline is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Burrows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Alvord ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alvord is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvord
- Mercer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Lineville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Lineville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Mercer County
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- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ilia ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ilia is located in Mercer County
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- Ravanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
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- Cleopatra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cleopatra is located in Mercer County
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- Dinsmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dinsmore is located in Mercer County
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- Mill Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
- Modena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Modena is located in Mercer County
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- Topsy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Topsy is located in Mercer County
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- Half Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Half Rock is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Rock
- Daviess County
- County Website: https://www.daviesscountymo.gov/
- County Seat for Daviess: Gallatin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- Bancroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Grundy County
- County Website: https://grundycountymo.com/wordpress/
- County Seat for Grundy: Trenton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Spickard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buttsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buttsville is located in Grundy County
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- Shott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shott is located in Grundy County
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- Tindall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Brimson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Parkerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Parkerton is located in Grundy County
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- Wyandotte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wyandotte is located in Grundy County
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- Dunlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Harrison County
- County Seat for Harrison: Bethany
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Akron is located in Harrison County
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- Cainsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Andover is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Blythedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Mount Moriah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Ridgeway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pawnee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pawnee is located in Harrison County
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- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Harrison County
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- Bolton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Harrison County
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- Gardner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
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- Hatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
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- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Washington Center is located in Harrison County
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- Melbourne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Melbourne is located in Harrison County
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- Blue Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Harrison County
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- Gilman City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
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- Mitchellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Pleasant Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Harrison County
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- Putnam County
- County Seat for Putnam: Unionville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Galesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Galesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Powersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Powersville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lucerne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Wyreka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wyreka is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyreka
- Terre Haute
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Terre Haute is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Saint John
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saint John is located in Putnam County
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- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
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- Quinn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Quinn is located in Putnam County
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- West Liberty ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Sullivan County
- County Seat for Sullivan: Milan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Newtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wintersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wintersville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Judson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Sullivan County
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- Cookman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cookman is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookman
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Bairdston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bairdston is located in Sullivan County
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- Worth County
- County Seat for Worth: Grant City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- Adams ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Clarke County
- County Website: https://clarkecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Clarke: Osceola (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Weldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Weldon is located in Clarke County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Green Bay ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Bay is located in Clarke County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Clarke County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Leslie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Clarke County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Lacelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lacelle is located in Clarke County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacelle
- Decatur County
- County Website: https://www.decaturcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Decatur: Leon (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Morgan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Morgan is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Pleasanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasanton is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Brucewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brucewell is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brucewell
- New Buda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Buda is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buda
- Blockly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blockly is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockly
- Davis City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davis City is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Togo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Togo is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
- Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
- Terre Haute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Terre Haute is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Barrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barrell is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrell
- Lamoni
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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- High Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- High Point is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Decatur City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur City is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Tuskeego
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tuskeego is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeego
- Garden Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garden Grove is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Kingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Decatur County (IA)
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- Le Roy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Le Roy is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
- Van Wert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Van Wert is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Grand River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Lucas County
- County Website: https://lucascounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Lucas: Chariton (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Derby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Lucas County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Last Chance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Last Chance is located in Lucas County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Ringgold County
- County Website: https://www.ringgoldcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Ringgold: Mount Ayr (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Kellerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Wanamaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wanamaker is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
- Caledonia ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Caledonia is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Beaconsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Ringgold ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ringgold is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Watterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Watterson is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watterson
- Wayne County
- County Website: https://waynecounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Wayne: Corydon (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Adel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Adel.
- Lineville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lineville is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Clio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Clinton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clinton Center is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Center
- Hodge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hodge is located in Wayne County (IA)
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- Saxon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Saxon is located in Wayne County (IA)
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- Allerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sewal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sewal is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewal
- Harvard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Peoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Peoria is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Humeston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Corydon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
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- Cambria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Bridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Ovia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ovia is located in Wayne County (IA)
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- Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County (IA)
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- Millerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Seymour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New York is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adel) 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. |