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Nearest Communities to Dorsey,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Dorsey.<1>

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

Dorsey is located in 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 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dorsey. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Holt 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 Dorsey (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 Dorsey

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

  • Holt County   (where Dorsey resides)
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorsey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorsey.
      • Star
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Star is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Redbird
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Redbird is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
      • Opportunity
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Opportunity is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
      • Meek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Meek is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meek
      • Paddock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Paddock is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Midway
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Midway is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Page
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Emporia ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Emporia is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • O'Neill
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • 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 <3>
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        • Anncar
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Anncar is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anncar
        • Inman
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Stafford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Stafford is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
        • Emmet
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Catalpa ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Catalpa is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
        • Ewing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Antelope County
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorsey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorsey.
      • Monowi
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Monowi is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
      • Lynch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bristow
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosedale ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Rosedale is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Gross
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gross is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
      • Spencer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Baker ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Baker is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Butte
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Anoka
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Anoka is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
  • Knox County
    • County Website:   https://knoxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Knox:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorsey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorsey.
      • Knoxville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Knoxville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
      • Pishelville ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Pishelville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
      • Dukeville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Dukeville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
      • Jelen
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Jelen is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelen
      • Verdel
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Verdel is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
      • Walnut
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Walnut is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Ponca
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Ponca is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponca
      • Niobrara
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Verdigre
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Venus ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Venus is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
      • Sparta
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Sparta is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Winnetoon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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        • Center
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Bazile Mills
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
        • Creighton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Santee
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Santee is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
        • Lindy
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Lindy is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindy
  • Bon Homme County
  • Charles Mix County
  • Gregory 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 from Point A (ie- Dorsey) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.