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Nearest Communities to Atkinson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Atkinson.<1>

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

Atkinson is located in Holt County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Atkinson. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Holt 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 Atkinson (which is Holt 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 Atkinson

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

  • Holt County   (where Atkinson resides)
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atkinson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atkinson.
      • Stuart
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Emmet
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilson Ranch
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilson Ranch is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Ranch
      • Inez ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Inez is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
      • O'Neill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • O'Neill is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
        • O'Neill has also been known as:
        • O'Neill City
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <3>
      • Catalpa ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Catalpa is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
      • Cleveland ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Cleveland is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Midway
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Dustin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Dustin is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
      • Amelia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Meek
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Meek is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meek
      • Anncar
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Anncar is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anncar
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Opportunity
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Opportunity is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
        • Paddock
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Paddock is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
        • Swan Lake
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Swan Lake is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
        • Chambers
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Inman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Page
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Stafford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Stafford is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atkinson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atkinson.
      • Butte
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Spencer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Anoka
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Anoka is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Bristow
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Naper
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Keya Paha County
  • Rock County

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- Atkinson) 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.