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Nearest Communities to Merchiston,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Merchiston is located in Nance County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nance County: Boone, Greeley, Howard, Merrick & Platte.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merchiston. Of these communities, 52 are located in counties other than Nance 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 Merchiston (which is Nance 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 Merchiston

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

  • Nance County   (where Merchiston resides)
    • County Website:   https://nancecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nance:   Fullerton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merchiston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merchiston.
      • Fullerton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Krakow
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Krakow is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
      • Genoa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Belgrade
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Star
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • North Star is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
      • Timber Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Timber Creek is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://boonecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Albion
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merchiston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merchiston.
      • Saint Edward
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Boone
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Boone is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Vorhees
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Vorhees is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
      • Cedar Rapids
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Albion
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Primrose
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Loretto
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Loretto is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Akron
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Akron is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Greeley County
  • Hamilton County
  • Howard County
  • Madison County
  • Merrick County
    • County Website:   https://merrickcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Merrick:   Central City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merchiston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merchiston.
      • Havens
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Havens is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
      • Clarks
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Silver Creek
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Central City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Heber
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Heber is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber
      • Hord
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hord is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
      • Riverside Park
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Riverside Park is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
      • Archer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Palmer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Paddock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Paddock is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Worms
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Worms is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worms
      • Chapman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merchiston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merchiston.
      • Monroe
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Gardiner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Gardiner is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
      • Rosenburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Rosenburg is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenburg
      • Oconee
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Oconee is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • Duncan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Platte Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lindsay
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sheldonville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
      • College View Park
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Countryview Estates
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Wagners Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
      • Cornlea
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Cornlea is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Tarnov
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Tarnov is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
        • Saint Bernard
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Saint Bernard is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
        • Columbus
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Carriage House Estates
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Humphrey
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://polkcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Osceola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merchiston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merchiston.
      • Swedehome
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Swedehome is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedehome
      • Polk
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Osceola
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Durant
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Durant is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
      • Stromsburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Shelby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • York County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Merchiston) 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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