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Nearest Communities to Elgin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Elgin is located in Antelope County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Antelope County: Boone, Holt, Knox, Madison, Pierce & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elgin. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Antelope 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 Elgin (which is Antelope 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 Elgin

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

  • Antelope County   (where Elgin resides)
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://boonecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Albion
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elgin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elgin.
      • Raeville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Raeville is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raeville
      • Petersburg
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Closter
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Closter is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closter
      • Loretto
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Loretto is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Akron
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Akron is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Albion
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Vorhees
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Vorhees is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
      • Boone
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Boone is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Primrose
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Rapids
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Saint Edward
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greeley County
  • Holt County
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elgin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elgin.
      • Deloit
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Deloit is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Knievels Corner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
      • Ewing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Emporia ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Emporia is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Stafford
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Stafford is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://madisoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elgin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elgin.
      • Tilden
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Emerick
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Emerick is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerick
      • Meadow Grove
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Newman Grove
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Battle Creek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Kalamazoo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Fairview is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Pierce County
  • Platte County
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://wheelercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Bartlett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elgin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elgin.
      • Day Ranch
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Day Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Ranch
      • Koinzan Ranch
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Koinzan Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koinzan Ranch
      • Mignery Ranch
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Mignery Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignery Ranch
      • Stokes Ranch
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ranch
      • Headquarters ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
      • Cumminsville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
      • Bartlett
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Wheeler is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler

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 from Point A (ie- Elgin) 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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