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Nearest Communities to Foster,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Foster.<1>

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

Foster is located in Pierce County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pierce County: Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Stanton & Wayne.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Foster. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Pierce 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 Foster (which is Pierce 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 Foster

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

  • Pierce County   (where Foster resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.pierce.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Pierce:   Pierce
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foster   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foster.
      • Breslau
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Osmond
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Plainview
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
        • Plainview is located in Pierce County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainview <3>
      • Pierce
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
        • Pierce is located in Pierce County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,734 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <3>
      • McLean
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wee Town
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wee Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wee Town
        • Wee Town is located in Pierce County
      • Hadar
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • West Randolph ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Randolph
        • West Randolph is located in Pierce County
  • Antelope County
    • County Website:   www.co.antelope.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Antelope:   Neligh
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foster   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foster.
      • Brunswick
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
        • Brunswick is located in Antelope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <3>
      • Oakdale
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Neligh
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Royal
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
        • Royal is located in Antelope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <3>
      • Clearwater
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
        • Clearwater is located in Antelope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <3>
      • Elgin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
        • Elgin is located in Antelope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
      • Orchard
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Boone County
  • Cedar County
    • County Website:   www.co.cedar.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Cedar:   Hartington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foster   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foster.
      • Magnet
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
        • Magnet is located in Cedar County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magnet <3>
      • Randolph
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Belden
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Cedar County
      • Coleridge
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
        • Coleridge is located in Cedar County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleridge <3>
  • Knox County
    • County Website:   www.co.knox.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Knox:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foster   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foster.
      • Midland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
        • Midland is located in Knox County
      • Wausa
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wausa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausa
        • Wausa is located in Knox County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wausa <3>
      • Creighton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bazile Mills
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Winnetoon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Center
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
        • Center is located in Knox County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <3>
      • Verdigre
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sparta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
        • Sparta is located in Knox County
  • Madison County
  • Stanton County
  • Wayne 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2739, Longitude: -97.6646    
<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.
<4>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.
<5>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.




 

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