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Nearest Communities to Gates,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Gates.<1>

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

Gates is located in Custer County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Blaine, Buffalo, Dawson, Garfield, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gates. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Custer 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 Gates (which is Custer 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 Gates

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

  • Custer County   (where Gates resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.custer.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gates   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gates.
      • Walworth
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walworth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
        • Walworth is located in Custer County
      • Lillian
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lillian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
        • Lillian is located in Custer County
      • New Helena
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Milburn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
        • Milburn is located in Custer County
      • Round Valley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
        • Round Valley is located in Custer County
      • Cummings Park ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cummings Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Park
        • Cummings Park is located in Custer County
      • West Union ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
        • West Union is located in Custer County
      • Anselmo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Elton ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
        • Elton is located in Custer County
      • Dale ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
        • Dale is located in Custer County
      • Merna
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
        • Merna is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <4>
      • Sargent
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Weissert
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Broken Bow
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Wescott
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Comstock
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
          • Comstock is located in Custer County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <4>
        • Berwyn
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
          • Berwyn is located in Custer County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwyn <4>
        • Westerville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Hill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
          • Pleasant Hill is located in Custer County
        • Ansley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Callaway
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Finchville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finchville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
          • Finchville is located in Custer County
  • Blaine County
  • Garfield County
  • Loup County
    • County Website:   www.co.loup.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Loup:   Taylor
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gates   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gates.
      • Almeria
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Taylor
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kent ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
        • Kent is located in Loup County
      • Aggies Acres
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aggies Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aggies Acres
        • Aggies Acres is located in Loup County
      • Mikes Meadows
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mikes Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
        • Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
  • Valley County

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- Gates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6403, Longitude: -99.6359    
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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