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Nearest Communities to Clarkson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Clarkson.<1>

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

Clarkson is located in Colfax County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colfax County: Butler, Cuming, Dodge, Platte, Saunders & Stanton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clarkson. Of these communities, 50 are located in counties other than Colfax 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 Clarkson (which is Colfax 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 Clarkson

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

  • Colfax County   (where Clarkson resides)
    • County Website:   https://colfaxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Schuyler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clarkson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkson.
      • Howells
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Leigh
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Heun
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Heun is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heun
      • Olean
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Olean is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
      • Sunset Acres
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Sunset Acres is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
      • Schuyler
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Richland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Richland is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Rogers
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Rogers is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   David City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clarkson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkson.
      • Edholm
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Edholm is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edholm
      • Linwood
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Nimburg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Nimburg is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
      • Octavia
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Octavia is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Bellwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Abie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Cuming County
    • County Website:   https://cumingcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Cuming:   West Point
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clarkson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkson.
      • Aloys
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Aloys is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
      • Monterey
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Monterey is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Bismarck ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bismarck is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
      • Saint Charles
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Saint Charles is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
      • Beemer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wisner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Point
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • West Point is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
        • West Point has also been known as:
        • Westpoint
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  • Dodge County
    • County Website:   https://dodgecounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Dodge:   Fremont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clarkson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkson.
      • Dodge
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Glencoe is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
      • Snyder
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Webster
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Webster is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Crowell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Crowell is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
      • Scribner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • North Bend
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hooper
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://madisoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clarkson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkson.
      • Madison
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Enola
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Enola is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
      • Warnerville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Warnerville is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnerville
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Fairview is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Norfolk
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kalamazoo
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clarkson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkson.
      • Creston
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Humphrey
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Tarnov
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Tarnov is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Carriage House Estates
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Platte Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • College View Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Columbus
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Countryview Estates
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Sheldonville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
      • Cornlea
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cornlea is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Wagners Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
      • Oconee
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Oconee is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Saint Bernard
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Saint Bernard is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
        • Duncan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lindsay
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Monroe
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saunders County
  • Stanton County
  • Wayne 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 from Point A (ie- Clarkson) 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.
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