Nearest Communities to Browning,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Browning, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Browning:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Browning.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Browning is primarily located in Linn County. A portion of Browning extends into Sullivan County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Linn County: Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Livingston, Macon & Sullivan.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 137 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Browning. Of these communities, 110 are located in counties other than Linn 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 Browning (which is Linn 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 Browning
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Linn County (where Browning resides)
- County Website: https://linncomo.com/
- County Seat for Linn: Linneus
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Purdin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Grantsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
- Shafter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shafter is located in Linn County
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- Leverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leverton is located in Linn County
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- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby is located in Linn County
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- Haseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Salem is located in Linn County
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- Bear Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Branch is located in Linn County
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- Hecla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hecla is located in Linn County
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- Garner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garner is located in Linn County
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- Linneus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hybrid ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hybrid is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hybrid
- Sedgwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sedgwick is located in Linn County
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- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Linn County
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- Snowdon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snowdon is located in Linn County
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- Lowell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- New Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Brookfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Laclede
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Benson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Linn County
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- Saint Catharine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Catharine is located in Linn County
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- Meadville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Forker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bucklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marceline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adair County
- County Website: https://adaircountymissouri.com/
- County Seat for Adair: Kirksville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Loeffler
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Loeffler is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeffler
- Nind ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ringo Point ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ringo Point is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo Point
- Zig
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Zig is located in Adair County
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- Mines ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mines is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mines
- Lindersville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lindersville is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindersville
- Nefy ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nefy is located in Adair County
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- Simler ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Simler is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simler
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stahl ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stahl is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stahl
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Youngstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Youngstown is located in Adair County
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- Novinger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Shibleys Point ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shibleys Point is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shibleys Point
- Connelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Connelsville is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connelsville
- Nineveh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh is located in Adair County
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- Troy Mills ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Troy Mills is located in Adair County
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- Green Grove ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Grove is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Chariton County
- County Website: https://www.charitonco.com/
- County Seat for Chariton: Keytesville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Rothville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Sumner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cunningham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cunningham is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Mendon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Grundy County
- County Website: https://grundycountymo.com/wordpress/
- County Seat for Grundy: Trenton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Lindley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lindley is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley
- Galt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alpha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Laredo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Dunlap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wyandotte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandotte is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tindall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spickard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parkerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Parkerton is located in Grundy County
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- Shott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shott is located in Grundy County
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- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Buttsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buttsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttsville
- Livingston County
- County Website: https://livingstoncountymo.gov/
- County Seat for Livingston: Chillicothe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Eversonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eversonville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversonville
- Harmony ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Niantic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Niantic is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niantic
- Leopolis ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leopolis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Chula
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sturges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sturges is located in Livingston County
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- Wheeling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Farmersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cream Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Bedford Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford Station is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Station
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norville is located in Livingston County
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- Silverleaf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Silverleaf is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
- Chillicothe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Cleary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cleary is located in Livingston County
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- Corner Campbell School
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avalon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cavendish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cavendish is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Genova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Genova is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genova
- Macon County
- County Website: https://www.maconcountymo.com/
- County Seat for Macon: Macon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Goldsberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Ethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- South Gifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mercyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mercyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercyville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- New Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heuer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heuer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heuer
- Cardy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cardy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardy
- Cottage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cottage is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Cash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cash is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Kern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kern is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kern
- Mercer County
- County Seat for Mercer: Princeton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Half Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Half Rock is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Rock
- Topsy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Topsy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsy
- Mill Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
- Putnam County
- County Seat for Putnam: Unionville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Quinn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Quinn is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
- Lemons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lemons is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemons
- Terre Haute
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Terre Haute is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Sidney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Rosewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Lucerne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lucerne is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Elko
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Sullivan County
- County Seat for Sullivan: Milan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browning ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browning.
- Cora
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cora is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Paw Paw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paw Paw is located in Sullivan County
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- Parsons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons is located in Sullivan County
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- Reger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reger is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Humphreys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bute
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bute is located in Sullivan County
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- Milan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Owasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winigan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mystic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic is located in Sullivan County
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- Sorrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sorrell is located in Sullivan County
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- Cookman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cookman is located in Sullivan County
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- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Osgood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Sticklerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bairdston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bairdston is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdston
- Boynton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wintersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wintersville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Judson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Judson is located in Sullivan County
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- Green City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Greencastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pollock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pollock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Brown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Newtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Browning) 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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