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Nearest Communities to Lester Junction,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Lester Junction.<1>

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

Lester Junction is located in Webster County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Webster County: Jewell (KS), Smith (KS), Adams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney & Nuckolls.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lester Junction. Of these communities, 53 are located in counties other than Webster 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 Lester Junction (which is Webster 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 Lester Junction

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

  • Webster County   (where Lester Junction resides)
    • County Website:   https://webstercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Webster:   Red Cloud
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lester Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lester Junction.
      • Amboy
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Amboy is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
      • Pawnee Village
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
      • Red Cloud
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cowles
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Cowles is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Guide Rock
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Inavale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Rosemont
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Rosemont is located in Webster County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
      • Blue Hill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Bladen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://adamscountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Hastings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lester Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lester Junction.
      • Pauline
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Pauline is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
      • Ayr
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Ayr is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
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      • Ayr Junction
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Ayr Junction is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr Junction
      • Brickton ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Brickton is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickton
      • Roseland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Holstein
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Muriel
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Muriel is located in Adams County
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      • Assumption
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Assumption is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   https://claycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Clay Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lester Junction.
      • Deweese
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Ranch ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Spring Ranch is located in Clay County
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      • Anan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Anan is located in Clay County
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      • Fairfield
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenvil
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Franklin County
  • Nuckolls County
    • County Website:   https://nuckollscountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nuckolls:   Nelson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lester Junction.
      • Bostwick
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Bostwick is located in Nuckolls County
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      • Mount Clare
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Mount Clare is located in Nuckolls County
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      • Saint Stephens
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint Stephens is located in Nuckolls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
      • Abdal ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Abdal is located in Nuckolls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdal
      • Lawrence
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Smyrna
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Smyrna is located in Nuckolls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Superior
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Nelson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cadams
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Cadams is located in Nuckolls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadams
      • Nora
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Nora is located in Nuckolls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Hardy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Angus
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Angus is located in Nuckolls County
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      • Oak
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Oak is located in Nuckolls County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
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      • Ruskin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Jewell County
    • County Website:   https://jewellcountykansas.net/
    • County Seat for Jewell:   Mankato (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lester Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lester Junction.
      • Northbranch
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Northbranch is located in Jewell County (KS)
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      • Wesley Center
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Wesley Center is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Center
      • Burr Oak
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Esbon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Esbon is located in Jewell County (KS)
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
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      • Otego
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Otego is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
      • Webber
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Webber is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webber <3>
      • Mankato
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dentonia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Dentonia is located in Jewell County (KS)
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      • Lovewell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lovewell is located in Jewell County (KS)
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      • Montrose
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Montrose is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
        • Former name for Montrose:
        • Delta
      • Ionia
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Ionia is located in Jewell County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
  • Rawlins County
  • Republic County
  • Smith County
    • County Website:   https://ks1495.cichosting.com/
    • County Seat for Smith:   Smith Center (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
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      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lester Junction.
      • Womer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Womer is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
      • Cora
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Cora is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
      • Lebanon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Thornburg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Thornburg is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
      • Bellaire
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Bellaire is located in Smith County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
      • Reamsville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Reamsville is located in Smith County (KS)
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      • Smith Center
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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- Lester Junction) 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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