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Nearest Communities to Litchfield,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Litchfield.<1>

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

Litchfield is located in Sherman County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sherman County: Buffalo, Custer, Greeley, Howard & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Litchfield. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Sherman 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 Litchfield (which is Sherman 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 Litchfield

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

  • Sherman County   (where Litchfield resides)
  • Buffalo County
    • County Website:   https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Litchfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Litchfield.
      • Sweetwater
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Sartoria
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
      • Pleasanton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Poole
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Poole is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
      • Ravenna
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nantasket ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
      • Miller
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
      • Amherst
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Saint Michael
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Michael is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
      • Riverdale
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Glenwood Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Glenwood Park is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   https://custercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Litchfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Litchfield.
      • Mason City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ansley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cumro ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Cumro is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumro
      • Westerville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckeye
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Buckeye is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Burr Oak
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Burr Oak is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
      • Berwyn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Weissert
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wescott
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Wescott is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
      • Comstock
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Elton ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Elton is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Broken Bow
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
        • Broken Bow has also been known as:
        • Brokenbow
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <3>
  • Dawson County
  • Greeley County
  • Hall County
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Litchfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Litchfield.
      • Boelus
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Howard City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Howard City is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Paplin ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Paplin is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paplin
      • Dannevirke
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Farwell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Nysted
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Nysted is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Cotesfield
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Valley 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- Litchfield) 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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