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Nearest Communities to Howells,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Howells.<1>

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

Howells is located in Colfax County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colfax County: Butler, Cuming, Dodge, Platte, Saunders & Stanton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Howells. Of these communities, 55 are located in counties other than Colfax 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 Howells (which is Colfax 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 Howells

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

  • Colfax County   (where Howells resides)
    • County Website:   https://colfaxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Schuyler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howells.
      • Olean
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Olean is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
      • Heun
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Heun is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heun
      • Clarkson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Leigh
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Rogers
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Rogers is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Schuyler
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Acres
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Sunset Acres is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
      • Richland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Richland is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Burt County
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   David City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howells.
      • Linwood
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Edholm
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Edholm is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edholm
      • Nimburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Nimburg is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
      • Octavia
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Octavia is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Abie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bellwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bruno
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cuming County
    • County Website:   https://cumingcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Cuming:   West Point
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howells.
      • Aloys
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Aloys is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
      • Monterey
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Monterey is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Saint Charles
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Saint Charles is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
      • Bismarck ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Bismarck is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
      • Beemer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • West Point
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • West Point is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
        • West Point has also been known as:
        • Westpoint
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      • Wisner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bancroft
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dodge County
    • County Website:   https://dodgecounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Dodge:   Fremont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howells.
      • Dodge
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Glencoe is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
      • Snyder
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Webster
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Webster is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Crowell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Crowell is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
      • Scribner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • North Bend
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hooper
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Uehling
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Winslow
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ames
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Nickerson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howells.
      • Creston
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Humphrey
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Carriage House Estates
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarnov
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Tarnov is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • College View Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Columbus
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Countryview Estates
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Platte Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sheldonville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
      • Wagners Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
      • Cornlea
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Cornlea is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Saunders County
  • Stanton County
  • Thurston County
  • Wayne 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- Howells) 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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