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Nearest Communities to Gables,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Gables is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Garfield County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garfield County: Custer, Greeley, Holt, Loup, Rock, Valley & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gables. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Garfield County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Gables (which is Garfield 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 Gables

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

  • Garfield County   (where Gables resides)
  • Greeley County
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gables   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gables.
      • Belfast
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfast have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
        • Belfast is located in Greeley County
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Spalding
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
        • Spalding is located in Greeley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spalding <6>
  • Holt County
  • Loup County
    • County Website:   www.co.loup.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Loup:   Taylor
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gables   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gables.
      • Aggies Acres
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aggies Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aggies Acres
        • Aggies Acres is located in Loup County
      • Mikes Meadows
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mikes Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
        • Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
      • Kent ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
        • Kent is located in Loup County
      • Taylor
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   www.co.valley.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gables   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gables.
      • Elyria
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
        • Elyria is located in Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <6>
      • Ord
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Spelts
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spelts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
      • Saunders
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saunders have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
      • Sumter
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sumter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Sumter
        • From Gables to Sumter
      • Olean
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olean have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
        • Olean is located in Valley County
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geranium have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
        • Geranium is located in Valley County
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
      • North Loup
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Wheeler County
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Bartlett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gables   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gables.
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
        • Wheeler is located in Wheeler County
      • Ericson
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bartlett
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Cumminsville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumminsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
        • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
      • Headquarters ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Headquarters have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
        • Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
      • Stokes Ranch
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokes Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ranch
        • Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler County
      • Mignery Ranch
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mignery Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignery Ranch
        • Mignery Ranch is located in Wheeler County
      • Day Ranch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Day Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Ranch
        • Day Ranch is located in Wheeler County
      • Koinzan Ranch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Koinzan Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koinzan Ranch
        • Koinzan Ranch is located in Wheeler County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gables) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gables. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9380, Longitude: -98.8508       In this case, the coordinates for Gables have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gables, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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