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Nearest Communities to Belfast,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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

Belfast is located in Greeley County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greeley County: Boone, Garfield, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Belfast. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Greeley 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 Belfast (which is Greeley 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 Belfast

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

  • Greeley County   (where Belfast resides)
    • County Website:   https://greeleycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belfast   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belfast.
      • Greeley Center
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
      • Greeley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • O'Connor
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • O'Connor is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor
      • Scotia
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Spalding
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Scotia Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Scotia Junction is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia Junction
      • Brayton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Brayton is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
      • Wolbach
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Boone County
  • Garfield County
    • County Website:   https://garfieldcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Burwell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belfast   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belfast.
      • Gables ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Gables is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
      • Burwell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Deverre
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Deverre is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deverre
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belfast   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belfast.
      • Cotesfield
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Dannevirke
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Elba
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Paplin ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Paplin is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paplin
      • Cushing
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cushing is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Farwell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Midway
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Saint Paul
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Nance County
  • Sherman County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belfast   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belfast.
      • Sumter
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
      • Olean
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Olean is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
      • North Loup
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Spelts
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
      • Saunders
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
      • Ord
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Ord is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,052 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ord <3>
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Elyria
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Geranium is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
      • Arcadia
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://wheelercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Bartlett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belfast   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belfast.
      • Ericson
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bartlett
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Headquarters ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
      • Mignery Ranch
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Mignery Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignery Ranch
      • Day Ranch
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Day Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Ranch
      • Cumminsville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
      • Stokes Ranch
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ranch
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Wheeler is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Koinzan Ranch
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Koinzan Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koinzan Ranch

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- Belfast) 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.