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Nearest Communities to Knox,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Knox is located in York County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Butler, Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Polk, Saline & Seward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Knox. Of these communities, 57 are located in counties other than York 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 Knox (which is York 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 Knox

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

  • York County   (where Knox resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.yorkcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for York:   York
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knox   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knox.
      • York
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • McCool Junction
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Charlestown ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Charlestown is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
      • Houston
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Houston is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
      • Waco
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mapps
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Mapps is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapps
      • Bradshaw
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lushton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Lushton is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Thayer
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Thayer is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Henderson
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Benedict
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Gresham
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Arborville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Arborville is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborville
  • Butler County
  • Clay County
  • Fillmore County
    • County Website:   https://fillmorecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Fillmore:   Geneva
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knox   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knox.
      • Fairmont
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Exeter
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Grafton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sawyer ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Sawyer is located in Fillmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Bixby
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bixby is located in Fillmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
      • Burress
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Burress is located in Fillmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burress
      • Geneva
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Townhall
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Townhall is located in Fillmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townhall
      • Milligan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Martland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Martland is located in Fillmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martland
      • Strang
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ohiowa
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Shickley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Hamilton County
    • County Website:   https://hamiltoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Hamilton:   Aurora
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knox   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knox.
      • Hampton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Stockham
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Stockham is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
      • Aurora
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Kronborg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Kronborg is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronborg
      • Hordville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquette
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Overland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Overland is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
      • Murphy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Murphy is located in Hamilton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Giltner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Merrick County
    • County Website:   https://merrickcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Merrick:   Central City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knox   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knox.
      • Riverside Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverside Park is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
      • Heber
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Heber is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber
      • Central City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarks
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Paddock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Paddock is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://polkcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Osceola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knox   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knox.
      • Durant
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Durant is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
      • Stromsburg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Polk
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Swedehome
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Swedehome is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedehome
      • Osceola
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Shelby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Saline County
  • Seward County
    • County Website:   https://www.sewardcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Seward:   Seward
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Knox   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Knox.
      • Utica
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cordova
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver Crossing
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Goehner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Tamora
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Tamora is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
      • Marysville ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Marysville is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
      • Staplehurst
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruby
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Ruby is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Seward
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Grover
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Grover is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
      • Milford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Riverside Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Riverside Park is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
      • Bee
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bee is located in Seward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bee <3>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knox) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.