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Nearest Communities to Lexington,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 Lexington.<1>

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

Lexington is located in Dawson County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dawson County: Buffalo, Custer, Frontier, Gosper, Lincoln & Phelps.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lexington. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Dawson 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 Lexington (which is Dawson 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 Lexington

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

  • Dawson County   (where Lexington resides)
    • County Website:   www.dawsoncountyne.net/
    • County Seat for Dawson:   Lexington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lexington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lexington.
      • Josselyn
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josselyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselyn
        • Josselyn is located in Dawson County
      • Darr
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darr
        • Darr is located in Dawson County
      • Overton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
        • Overton is located in Dawson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <4>
      • Cozad
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Trued
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trued have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trued
        • Trued is located in Dawson County
      • Buffalo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
        • Buffalo is located in Dawson County
      • Sumner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eddyville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Willow Island
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
        • Willow Island is located in Dawson County
      • Gothenburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Farnam
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Buffalo County
    • County Website:   www.buffalogov.org/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lexington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lexington.
      • Elm Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
        • Elm Creek is located in Buffalo County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Creek <4>
      • Miller
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Amherst
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Odessa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Alfalfa Center
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alfalfa Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
        • Alfalfa Center is located in Buffalo County
      • Riverdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
        • Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <4>
      • Sartoria
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   www.co.custer.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lexington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lexington.
      • Oconto
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Burr Oak
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Burr Oak is located in Custer County
      • Cumro ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumro
        • Cumro is located in Custer County
      • Buckeye
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
        • Buckeye is located in Custer County
      • Lodi
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Lodi is located in Custer County
  • Frontier County
  • Gosper County
    • County Seat for Gosper:   Elwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lexington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lexington.
      • Smithfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Elwood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
        • Elwood is located in Gosper County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <4>
      • Devils Gap
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Gap
        • Devils Gap is located in Gosper County
  • Lincoln County
  • Phelps County
    • County Seat for Phelps:   Holdrege
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lexington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lexington.
      • Westmark
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
        • Westmark is located in Phelps County
      • Bertrand
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Loomis
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Clyde
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
        • Clyde is located in Phelps County
      • Holdrege
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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- Lexington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7809, Longitude: -99.7443    
<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.




 

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