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Nearest Communities to Madison,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 from Madison.<1>

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

Madison is located in Monroe County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Audrain, Macon, Marion, Ralls, Randolph & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 136 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Madison. Of these communities, 115 are located in counties other than Monroe 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 Madison (which is Monroe 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 Madison

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

  • Monroe County   (where Madison resides)
  • Audrain County
    • County Website:   https://www.audraincounty.org/
    • County Seat for Audrain:   Mexico
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
      • Tulip
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Saling ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Rowena
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Rowena is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Larrabee
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
      • Hollensville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hollensville is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollensville
      • Skinner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Skinner is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner
      • Molino
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Molino is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
      • Thompson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Thompson is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
      • Mexico
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Worcester ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Worcester is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
      • Champ
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Champ is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
      • Vandiver
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Vandiver is located in Audrain County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://www.showmeboone.com/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Columbia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
      • Sturgeon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bourbon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Bourbon is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
      • Centralia
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Rucker
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Rucker is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
      • Petersburg ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Petersburg is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Riggs
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Rileysburg ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rileysburg is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
      • Minnie
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Minnie is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
      • Hallsville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Middleton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Middleton is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Points ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Points is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
      • Harrisburg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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        • Perche ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Perche is located in Boone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perche
        • Lebanon ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Lebanon is located in Boone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
        • Browns
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Browns is located in Boone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns
        • Germantown ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Germantown is located in Boone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
        • Hinton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Murry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Murry is located in Boone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murry
        • Stephens
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Callaway County
  • Chariton County
  • Howard County
    • County Seat for Howard:   Fayette
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
      • Bunker Hill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Bunker Hill is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
      • Punkin Center
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Punkin Center is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
      • Burton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Roanoke
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Roanoke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
      • Armstrong
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Landmark ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Landmark is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
      • Sebree
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Macon County
    • County Website:   https://www.maconcountymo.com/
    • County Seat for Macon:   Macon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
      • Woodville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cox
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Cox is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
      • Snow ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Snow is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
      • Longville ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Longville is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
      • Excello
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
      • Anabel
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Anabel is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
      • Ardmore
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Chariton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Chariton is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chariton
      • Binkley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Binkley is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binkley
      • College Mound
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • College Mound is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
      • Macon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Ten Mile
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Ten Mile is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
        • Kellogg
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Kellogg is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
        • Keota
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Keota is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
        • Number Eight
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Number Eight is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Eight
        • Bevier
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Kaseyville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Redman
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Redman is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
        • Axtell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Axtell is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
        • Barryville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Barryville is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barryville
        • Lyda ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Lyda is located in Macon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyda
        • Bloomington
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Callao
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Economy
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Marion County
  • Ralls County
  • Randolph County
    • County Website:   https://randolphcounty-mo.com/
    • County Seat for Randolph:   Huntsville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
      • Milton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Milton is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Levick Mill
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Levick Mill is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levick Mill
      • Cairo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Moberly
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Urbandale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Urbandale is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbandale
      • Renick
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Renick is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
      • Clark
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Clark is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Kimberly
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Kimberly is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
      • Jacksonville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Harkes
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Harkes is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkes
      • Ryder
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ryder is located in Randolph County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryder
      • Huntsville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Higbee
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Darksville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Fort Henry
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Fort Henry is located in Randolph County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Henry
        • Randolph Springs
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Randolph Springs is located in Randolph County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Springs
        • Yates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Mount Airy
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Mount Airy is located in Randolph County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
        • Thomas Hill
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Clifton Hill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
        • Hubbard
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Hubbard is located in Randolph County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
  • Shelby County
    • County Website:   https://shelbycountymo.com/
    • County Seat for Shelby:   Shelbyville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
      • Maud
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Maud is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
      • Enterprise
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lentner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Shelbina
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarence
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Walkersville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Walkersville is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
      • Lakenan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunnewell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kendall
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hagers Grove
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Hagers Grove is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagers Grove
      • Kellerville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Kellerville is located in Shelby County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
      • Shelbyville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Oakdale
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Oakdale is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
        • Kirby
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Emden
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Emden is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
        • Bethel
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Epworth
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Epworth is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
        • Lakeland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Lakeland is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
        • Leonard
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Mamre
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Mamre is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamre
        • Hebron
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Hebron is located in Shelby County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron

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- Madison) 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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