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Nearest Communities to Dale,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Dale.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Dale is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Custer County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Blaine, Buffalo, Dawson, Garfield, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dale. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Custer 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 Dale (which is Custer 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 Dale

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

  • Custer County   (where Dale resides)
    • County Website:   https://custercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dale.
      • Merna
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Merna is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <4>
      • Anselmo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • New Helena
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • New Helena is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Helena
      • Lillian
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lillian is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
      • Gates
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Gates is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
      • Broken Bow
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Broken Bow is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
        • 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 <4>
      • Pleasant Hill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Pleasant Hill is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Milburn
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Milburn is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
      • Walworth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Walworth is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
      • Round Valley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Round Valley is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
      • Callaway
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Finchville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Finchville is also located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Elton ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Elton was located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
        • Weissert
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Berwyn
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Arnold
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Arnold is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <4>
        • Cummings Park ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Cummings Park was located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Park
        • West Union ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • West Union was located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
        • Lodi
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Lodi is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Sargent
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Westerville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Oconto
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Oconto is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oconto <4>
        • Buckeye
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Buckeye is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
        • Wescott
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Wescott is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
        • Ansley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Ansley is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ansley <4>
        • Comstock
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Burr Oak
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Burr Oak is also located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
  • Blaine County
  • Logan County
  • Loup County

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- Dale) 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 Dale, 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.