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Nearest Communities to Howard City,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Howard City is located in Howard County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Howard County: Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Merrick, Nance, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Howard City. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Howard 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 Howard City (which is Howard 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 Howard City

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

  • Howard County   (where Howard City resides)
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howard City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howard City.
      • Boelus
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Nysted
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Nysted is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Dannebrog
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Farwell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Midway
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Paplin ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Paplin is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paplin
      • Elba
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Paul
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dannevirke
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Saint Libory
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Cotesfield
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Cushing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Cushing is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Adams County
  • Buffalo County
    • County Website:   https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howard City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howard City.
      • Saint Michael
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Michael is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
      • Nantasket ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
      • Ravenna
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Poole
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Poole is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
      • Sweetwater
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Shelton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasanton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Gibbon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Prairie Center
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
      • Denman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Denman is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denman
      • Sartoria
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
      • Buda
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Buda is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
      • Glenwood Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Glenwood Park is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
      • Riverdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greeley County
  • Hall County
    • County Website:   https://www.hallcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Hall:   Grand Island
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howard City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howard City.
      • Cairo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cameron
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Cameron is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Abbott
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Abbott is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
      • Ovina
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Ovina is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovina
      • Wood River
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Alda
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Grand Island
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pioneer Estates
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneer Estates is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Estates
      • Parkview
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Parkview is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview
      • Kingwood Estates
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Kingwood Estates is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Estates
      • Kuesters Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Kuesters Lake is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuesters Lake
      • Doniphan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosedale
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosedale is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Hamilton County
  • Kearney County
  • Merrick County
  • Sherman County
  • Valley 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Howard City) 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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