Nearest Communities to Geranium,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Geranium, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Geranium:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 from Geranium.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Geranium is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Valley County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Valley County: Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Howard, Loup, Sherman & Wheeler.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Geranium. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Geranium (which is Valley 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 Geranium
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Valley County (where Geranium resides)
- County Website: https://valleycountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Valley: Ord
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- Elyria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vinton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vinton is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Ord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saunders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saunders is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spelts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spelts is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
- Olean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Olean is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Sumter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sumter is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- North Loup
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Custer County
- County Website: https://custercountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Custer: Broken Bow
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- Comstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wescott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wescott is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
- Sargent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Union ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Weissert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Westerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cummings Park is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Park
- Round Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Round Valley is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
- Walworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Walworth is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Ansley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berwyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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- Gates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gates is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Lillian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lillian is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Mason City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Broken Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Bow is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
- Broken Bow has also been known as:
- Brokenbow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <4>
- Garfield County
- County Website: https://garfieldcounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Burwell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- Burwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Deverre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Deverre is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deverre
- Gables ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gables is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
- Greeley County
- County Website: https://greeleycounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Greeley: Greeley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- Scotia Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scotia Junction is located in Greeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia Junction
- Horace ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Horace is located in Greeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Scotia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belfast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belfast is located in Greeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Howard County
- County Website: https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Howard: Saint Paul
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- Dannevirke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dannevirke is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
- Paplin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paplin is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paplin
- Loup County
- County Website: https://loupcounty.nebraska.gov/
- County Seat for Loup: Taylor
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- Kent ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aggies Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aggies Acres is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aggies Acres
- Mikes Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
- Almeria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Almeria is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeria
- Sherman County
- County Website: https://shermancounty.nebraska.gov/
- County Seat for Sherman: Loup City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Geranium ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geranium.
- North Loup City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Loup City is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
- Loup City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Loup City is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loup City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Loup City has also been known as:
- Loup
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loup City <4>
- Ashton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Geranium) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Geranium, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |