Nearest Communities to Effingham,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Effingham, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Effingham:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
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.
Effingham is located in Gentry County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gentry County: Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison, Nodaway & Worth.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 119 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Effingham. Of these communities, 95 are located in counties other than Gentry 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 Effingham (which is Gentry 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 Effingham
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gentry County (where Effingham resides)
- County Website: https://gentrycounty.net/
- County Seat for Gentry: Albany
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Whitten
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Whitten is located in Gentry County
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- Evona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evona is located in Gentry County
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- Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albany Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Albany Junction is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Junction
- McFall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Gentryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Pinhook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook is located in Gentry County
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- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Carmack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carmack is located in Gentry County
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- McCurry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCurry is located in Gentry County
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- Ellenorah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ellenorah is located in Gentry County
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- Lone Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
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- Voyage ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Voyage is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
- Siloam Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
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- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Gentry County
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- Gentry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Ford City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
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- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
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- Stanberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alanthus Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
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- Island City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
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- King City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Enyart
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Enyart is located in Gentry County
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- Douglas
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gentry County
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- Andrew County
- County Website: https://andrewcounty.org/
- County Seat for Andrew: Savannah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
- Flag Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flag Springs is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
- Whitesville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Andrew County
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- Cawood ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cawood is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Fountainbleau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fountainbleau is located in Andrew County
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- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
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- Rea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
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- Bolckow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Caldwell County
- Daviess County
- County Website: https://www.daviesscountymo.gov/
- County Seat for Daviess: Gallatin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Pattonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coffey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coffey is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Cypress
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress is located in Daviess County
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- Salem Coffey P O and Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Civil Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Civil Bend is located in Daviess County
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- Madelaine ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Madelaine is located in Daviess County
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- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
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- Jameson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
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- Winston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Gallatin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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- Wabash Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash Crossing is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash Crossing
- Mabel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
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- Blake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Daviess County
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- Jamesport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magill is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magill
- DeKalb County
- County Website: https://www.dekalbcountymo.com/
- County Seat for DeKalb: Maysville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Fairport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
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- Santa Rosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
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- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
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- Weatherby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Wood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wood is located in DeKalb County
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- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orchid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orchid is located in DeKalb County
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- Union Star
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Fordham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fordham is located in DeKalb County
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- Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak is located in DeKalb County
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- Gridley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gridley is located in DeKalb County
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- Boxford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
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- Clarksdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Grundy County
- County Website: https://grundycountymo.com/wordpress/
- County Seat for Grundy: Trenton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- Brimson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Harrison County
- County Seat for Harrison: Bethany
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Matkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Matkins is located in Harrison County
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- New Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Wildwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Harrison County
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- Mitchellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville is located in Harrison County
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- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
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- Bridgeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Harrison County
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- Bethany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Harrison County
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- Washington Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Center is located in Harrison County
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- Gardner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
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- Blue Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Brooklyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Harrison County
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- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilman City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bolton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Harrison County
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- Hatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Eagleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Melbourne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Melbourne is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Blythedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Mount Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Cainsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Mercer County
- County Seat for Mercer: Princeton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- Dinsmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dinsmore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Nodaway County
- County Website: https://www.nodawaycountymo.com/
- County Seat for Nodaway: Maryville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Clyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Conception
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ravenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Monastery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monastery is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monastery
- Parnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Bedison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bedison is located in Nodaway County
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- Orrsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Arkoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Barnard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gaynor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
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- Worth County
- County Seat for Worth: Grant City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Denver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Prohibition City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Worth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worth is located in Worth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Allendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Waller
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Waller is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Waller
- Grant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
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- Adams ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Worth County
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- Irena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Irena is located in Worth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Isadora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Isadora is located in Worth County
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- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold County
- County Website: https://www.ringgoldcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Ringgold: Mount Ayr (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Ringgold ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ringgold is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Lee ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lee is located in Ringgold County (IA)
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- Watterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Watterson is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watterson
- Redding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Caledonia ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Taylor County
- County Website: https://taylorcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Taylor: Bedford (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Effingham ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Effingham.
- Athelstan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Blockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
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- Effingham) 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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