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Nearest Communities to Berks,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Berks.<1>

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

Berks is primarily located in Lancaster County. A portion of Berks extends into Saline County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lancaster County: Butler, Cass, Gage, Johnson, Otoe, Saline, Saunders & Seward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 91 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Berks. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Lancaster 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 Berks (which is Lancaster 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 Berks

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

  • Lancaster County   (where Berks resides)
    • County Website:   www.lancaster.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Lancaster:   Lincoln
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Berks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Berks.
      • Kramer
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
        • Kramer is located in Lancaster County
      • Denton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
        • Centerville is located in Lancaster County
      • Martell
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Rokeby
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rokeby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rokeby
        • Rokeby is located in Lancaster County
      • Sprague
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Hallam
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Emerald
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
        • Emerald is located in Lancaster County
      • Hanlon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanlon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
        • Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
      • Jamaica
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamaica have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
        • Jamaica is located in Lancaster County
      • Saltillo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltillo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
        • Saltillo is located in Lancaster County
      • Cushman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cushman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
        • Cushman is located in Lancaster County
      • Continue List   (33 more) ...
        • Yankee Hill ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
          • Yankee Hill is located in Lancaster County
        • Princeton
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
          • Princeton is located in Lancaster County
        • Roca
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roca
          • Roca is located in Lancaster County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roca <3>
        • Hickman
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • College View
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View
          • College View is located in Lancaster County
        • Countryside Estates
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Estates
          • Countryside Estates is located in Lancaster County
        • Gaslight Village
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaslight Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
          • Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
        • Huskerville
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huskerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskerville
          • Huskerville is located in Lancaster County
        • Lincoln
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
          • Lincoln is located in Lancaster County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 290,505 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <3>
        • Woodlawn Estates
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Estates
          • Woodlawn Estates is located in Lancaster County
        • Pine Lake
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
          • Pine Lake is located in Lancaster County
        • West Lincoln
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lincoln
          • West Lincoln is located in Lancaster County
        • Woodlawn
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
          • Woodlawn is located in Lancaster County
        • Cheney
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheney
          • Cheney is located in Lancaster County
        • Holland
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
          • Holland is located in Lancaster County
        • Malcolm
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Belmont
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
          • Belmont is located in Lancaster County
        • Mark IV Estates
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mark IV Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark IV Estates
          • Mark IV Estates is located in Lancaster County
        • Bethany
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
          • Bethany is located in Lancaster County
        • University Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
          • University Place is located in Lancaster County
        • Firth
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
          • Firth is located in Lancaster County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <3>
        • Arbor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
          • Arbor is located in Lancaster County
        • Havelock
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
          • Havelock is located in Lancaster County
        • Walton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bennet
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Panama
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Raymond
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Pella ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pella have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
          • Pella is located in Lancaster County
        • Marian Center
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marian Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian Center
          • Marian Center is located in Lancaster County
        • Prairie Home
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
          • Prairie Home is located in Lancaster County
        • Agnew
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
          • Agnew is located in Lancaster County
        • Davey
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davey
          • Davey is located in Lancaster County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davey <3>
        • Waverly
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Butler County
  • Cass County
  • Fillmore County
    • County Website:   www.fillmorecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Fillmore:   Geneva
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Berks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Berks.
      • Milligan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Townhall
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townhall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townhall
        • Townhall is located in Fillmore County
      • Exeter
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
        • Exeter is located in Fillmore County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <3>
  • Gage County
    • County Website:   www.co.gage.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Gage:   Beatrice
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Berks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Berks.
      • Clatonia
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cortland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cortland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
        • Cortland is located in Gage County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <3>
      • Pickrell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoag
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoag have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag
        • Hoag is located in Gage County
      • Adams
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
        • Adams is located in Gage County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <3>
      • Glenover
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenover
        • Glenover is located in Gage County
      • Beatrice
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ellis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
        • Ellis is located in Gage County
  • Jefferson County
    • County Website:   www.co.jefferson.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Jefferson:   Fairbury
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Berks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Berks.
      • Plymouth
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
        • Plymouth is located in Jefferson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <3>
      • Bower ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bower have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
        • Bower is located in Jefferson County
      • Daykin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daykin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daykin
        • Daykin is located in Jefferson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daykin <3>
  • Otoe County
  • Saline County
    • County Website:   www.co.saline.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Saline:   Wilber
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Berks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Berks.
      • Crete
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shestak
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shestak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shestak
        • Shestak is located in Saline County
      • Pleasant Hill
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Saline County
      • Dorchester
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Wilber
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • De Witt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Friend
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Swanton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Western
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Tobias
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saunders County
  • Seward County
    • County Website:   www.connectseward.org/cgov/
    • County Seat for Seward:   Seward
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Berks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Berks.
      • Camden ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
        • Camden is located in Seward County
      • Pleasant Dale
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Grover
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
        • Grover is located in Seward County
      • Milford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverside Park
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
        • Riverside Park is located in Seward County
      • Ruby
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
        • Ruby is located in Seward County
      • Goehner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Seward
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
        • Seward is located in Seward County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,363 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <3>
      • Garland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Beaver Crossing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tamora
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
        • Tamora is located in Seward County
      • Cordova
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Bee
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
          • Bee is located in Seward County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bee <3>
        • Staplehurst
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Marysville ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
          • Marysville is located in Seward County
        • Utica
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Berks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Berks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6587, Longitude: -96.9137    
<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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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