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Nearest Communities to Dannevirke,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 Dannevirke.<1>

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

Dannevirke is located in Howard County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Howard County: Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Merrick, Nance, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dannevirke. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Howard 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 Dannevirke (which is Howard 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 Dannevirke

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

  • Howard County   (where Dannevirke resides)
  • Buffalo County
  • Greeley County
  • Hall County
  • Merrick County
  • Nance County
    • County Website:   https://nancecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nance:   Fullerton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dannevirke   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dannevirke.
      • Timber Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
        • Timber Creek is located in Nance County
      • North Star
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
        • North Star is located in Nance County
  • Sherman County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dannevirke   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dannevirke.
      • North Loup
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Olean
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olean have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
        • Olean is located in Valley County
      • Sumter
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sumter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Sumter
        • From Dannevirke to Sumter
      • Spelts
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spelts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
      • Saunders
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saunders have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
      • Ord
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Arcadia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Elyria
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
        • Elyria is located in Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geranium have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
        • Geranium is located in Valley County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dannevirke) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dannevirke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3222, Longitude: -98.7084    
<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>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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.