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Nearest Communities to Mason City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Mason City.<1>

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

Mason City is located in Custer County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Blaine, Buffalo, Dawson, Garfield, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mason City. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Custer 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 Mason City (which is Custer 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 Mason City

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

  • Custer County   (where Mason City resides)
    • County Website:   https://custercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mason City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mason City.
      • Ansley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Westerville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Cumro ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Cumro is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumro
      • Berwyn
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckeye
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Buckeye is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Burr Oak
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Burr Oak is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
      • Weissert
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wescott
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Wescott is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
      • Broken Bow
        (21 miles [33.8 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>
      • Elton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Elton is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Comstock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Oconto
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Round Valley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Round Valley is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
        • Lodi
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Lodi is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Sargent
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Merna
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo County
    • County Website:   https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mason City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mason City.
      • Sartoria
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
      • Sweetwater
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Miller
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasanton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Poole
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Poole is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
      • Ravenna
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Amherst
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Nantasket ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
      • Prairie Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
  • Dawson County
  • Howard County
  • Sherman County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mason City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mason City.
      • Arcadia
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Geranium is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mason City) 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.