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Nearest Communities to Buffalo,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Buffalo is located in Dawson County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dawson County: Buffalo, Custer, Frontier, Gosper, Lincoln & Phelps.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buffalo. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Dawson 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 Buffalo (which is Dawson 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 Buffalo

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

  • Dawson County   (where Buffalo resides)
    • County Website:   www.dawsoncountyne.net/
    • County Seat for Dawson:   Lexington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo.
      • Eddyville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cozad
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Darr
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darr
        • Darr is located in Dawson County
      • Willow Island
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
        • Willow Island is located in Dawson County
      • Lexington
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Sumner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Gothenburg
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Josselyn
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josselyn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselyn
        • Josselyn is located in Dawson County
      • Overton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
        • Overton is located in Dawson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <3>
      • Trued
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trued have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trued
        • Trued is located in Dawson County
      • Farnam
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo County
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   www.co.custer.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo.
      • Oconto
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lodi
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodi have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Lodi is located in Custer County
      • Burr Oak
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Burr Oak is located in Custer County
      • Buckeye
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
        • Buckeye is located in Custer County
      • Cumro ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumro
        • Cumro is located in Custer County
      • Etna
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
        • Etna is located in Custer County
      • Callaway
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Finchville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finchville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
        • Finchville is located in Custer County
      • Broken Bow
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
        • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
        • Broken Bow has also been known as:
        • Brokenbow
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <3>
      • Berwyn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwyn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
        • Berwyn is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwyn <3>
  • Frontier County
  • Gosper County
    • County Seat for Gosper:   Elwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo.
      • Elwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
        • Elwood is located in Gosper County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <3>
      • Devils Gap
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Gap
        • Devils Gap is located in Gosper County
      • Smithfield
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   www.co.lincoln.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   North Platte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buffalo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo.
      • Vroman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vroman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
        • Vroman is located in Lincoln County
      • Brady
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
        • Brady is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <3>

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- Buffalo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buffalo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9892, Longitude: -99.8354       In this case, the coordinates for Buffalo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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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