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Nearest Communities to Durant,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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 Durant.<1>

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

Durant is located in Polk County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Butler, Hamilton, Merrick, Platte, Seward & York.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Durant. Of these communities, 61 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Durant (which is Polk 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 Durant

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

  • Polk County   (where Durant resides)
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   David City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Durant   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Durant.
      • Surprise
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Surprise is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Rising City
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Millerton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Millerton is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Ulysses
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Garrison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Garrison is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Bellwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • David City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Fillmore County
  • Hamilton County
    • County Website:   https://hamiltoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Aurora
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Durant   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Durant.
      • Hordville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Kronborg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Kronborg is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronborg
      • Overland
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Overland is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
      • Hampton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Marquette
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Aurora
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Murphy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Murphy is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Stockham
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Stockham is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Merrick County
    • County Website:   https://merrickcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Merrick:   Central City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Durant   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Durant.
      • Havens
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Havens is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
      • Clarks
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Creek
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Heber
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Heber is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber
      • Riverside Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Riverside Park is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
      • Central City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Paddock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Paddock is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Hord
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Hord is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
      • Archer
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Chapman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Nance County
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Durant   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Durant.
      • Gardiner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Gardiner is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
      • Duncan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Monroe
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Wagners Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
      • Oconee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Oconee is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • College View Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Columbus
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Countryview Estates
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Sheldonville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
      • Carriage House Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Seward County
    • County Website:   https://www.sewardcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Seward:   Seward
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Durant   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Durant.
      • Utica
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Marysville ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Marysville is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
      • Staplehurst
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Tamora
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Tamora is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
      • Beaver Crossing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Goehner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cordova
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • York County
    • County Website:   https://www.yorkcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for York:   York
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Durant   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Durant.
      • Benedict
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Arborville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Arborville is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborville
      • Mapps
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Mapps is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapps
      • Thayer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Thayer is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Houston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Houston is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
      • Gresham
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bradshaw
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • York
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Waco
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Charlestown ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Charlestown is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
      • Knox
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Knox is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Henderson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • McCool Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lushton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Lushton is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people

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- Durant) 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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