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Nearest Communities to Catalpa,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Catalpa.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Catalpa is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Catalpa. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Holt County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Catalpa (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 Catalpa

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

  • Holt County   (where Catalpa resides)
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Catalpa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Catalpa.
      • Anncar
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Anncar is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anncar
      • Dustin
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Dustin is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
      • Wilson Ranch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilson Ranch is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Ranch
      • Paddock
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Paddock is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Midway
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Cleveland ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Cleveland is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Meek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Meek is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meek
      • Atkinson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Stuart
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
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        • Emmet
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Redbird
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Redbird is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
        • Opportunity
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Opportunity is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
        • O'Neill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • 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 <4>
        • Dorsey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Dorsey is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
        • Star
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Star is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Catalpa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Catalpa.
      • Butte
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Spencer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Anoka
        (12 miles [19.3 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
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Baker ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Baker is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Rosedale ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Rosedale is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Naper
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gross
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Gross is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
      • Lynch
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Monowi
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Monowi is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
  • Keya Paha County
  • Knox County
  • Rock County
  • Charles Mix County
  • Gregory County
    • County Website:   https://gregory.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Gregory:   Burke (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Catalpa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Catalpa.
      • Fairfax
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Fairfax is located in Gregory County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <4>
      • Bonesteel
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fort Randall
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Fort Randall is located in Gregory County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
        • Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
      • East Gregory
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • East Gregory is located in Gregory County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Saint Charles
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Herrick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Herrick is located in Gregory County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herrick <4>

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- Catalpa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Catalpa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.