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Nearest Communities to Duncan,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village 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.

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

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

Duncan is located in Platte County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Platte County: Boone, Butler, Colfax, Madison, Merrick, Nance & Polk.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Duncan. Of these communities, 45 are located in counties other than Platte 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 Duncan (which is Platte 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 Duncan

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

  • Platte County   (where Duncan resides)
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan.
      • Gardiner
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Gardiner is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
      • Oconee
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Oconee is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • Wagners Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
      • College View Park
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Countryview Estates
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Sheldonville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
      • Columbus
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Monroe
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Carriage House Estates
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Platte Center
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Tarnov
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Tarnov is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Cornlea
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Cornlea is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
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        • Humphrey
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Rosenburg
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Rosenburg is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenburg
        • Creston
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Saint Bernard
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Saint Bernard is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
        • Lindsay
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone County
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   David City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan.
      • Bellwood
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Rising City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Millerton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Millerton is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • David City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Surprise
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Surprise is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Octavia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Octavia is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Garrison
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Garrison is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Edholm
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Edholm is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edholm
      • Ulysses
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Abie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bruno
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Nimburg
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Nimburg is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
      • Linwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Brainard
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://colfaxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Schuyler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan.
      • Richland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Richland is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Sunset Acres
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Sunset Acres is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
      • Schuyler
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Leigh
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Heun
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Heun is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heun
      • Clarkson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rogers
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Rogers is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Hamilton County
  • Madison County
  • Merrick County
  • Nance County
    • County Website:   https://nancecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nance:   Fullerton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan.
      • Genoa
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Krakow
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Krakow is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
      • Merchiston
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Merchiston is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchiston
      • Fullerton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Belgrade
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://polkcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Osceola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan.
      • Shelby
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Osceola
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Swedehome
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Swedehome is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedehome
      • Stromsburg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Durant
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Durant is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
      • Polk
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • York County
    • County Website:   https://www.yorkcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for York:   York
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan.
      • Gresham
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Benedict
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Thayer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Thayer is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Arborville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Arborville is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborville

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- Duncan) 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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