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Nearest Communities to Leigh,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Leigh 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 Leigh. 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 Leigh (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 Leigh

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

  • Colfax County   (where Leigh resides)
    • County Website:   www.colfaxcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Schuyler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leigh   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leigh.
      • Clarkson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
        • Clarkson is located in Colfax County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkson <4>
      • Heun
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heun
        • Heun is located in Colfax County
      • Howells
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
        • Howells is located in Colfax County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howells <4>
      • Olean
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olean have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
        • Olean is located in Colfax County
      • Richland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Richland is located in Colfax County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Schuyler
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Acres
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
        • Sunset Acres is located in Colfax County
      • Rogers
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler County
  • Cuming County
    • County Website:   www.co.cuming.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Cuming:   West Point
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leigh   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leigh.
      • Aloys
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bismarck ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bismarck have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
        • Bismarck is located in Cuming County
      • Monterey
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Saint Charles
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Charles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
        • Saint Charles is located in Cuming County
      • Wisner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Beemer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • West Point
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
        • West Point is located in Cuming County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
        • West Point has also been known as:
        • Westpoint
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <4>
  • Dodge County
  • Madison County
  • Nance County
  • Pierce County
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   www.plattecounty.net/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leigh   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leigh.
      • Creston
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Humphrey
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humphrey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
        • Humphrey is located in Platte County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humphrey <4>
      • Tarnov
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Platte Center
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platte Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Center
        • Platte Center is located in Platte County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte Center <4>
      • Cornlea
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornlea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
        • Cornlea is located in Platte County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Carriage House Estates
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Columbus
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • College View Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College View Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
      • Countryview Estates
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryview Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
      • Sheldonville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Wagners Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wagners Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
      • Saint Bernard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Oconee
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lindsay
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Monroe
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
          • Monroe is located in Platte County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <4>
        • Duncan
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duncan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
          • Duncan is located in Platte County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <4>
        • Rosenburg
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Gardiner
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardiner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
          • Gardiner is located in Platte County
  • Saunders County
  • Stanton County
  • Wayne County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leigh) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leigh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7053, Longitude: -97.2381    
<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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