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Nearest Communities to Merna,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northwest 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 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 from Merna.<1>

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

Merna 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 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merna. Of these communities, 6 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 Merna (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 Merna

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

  • Custer County   (where Merna resides)
    • County Website:   https://custercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merna   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merna.
      • Dale ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Dale is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • New Helena
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • New Helena is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Helena
      • Broken Bow
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
      • Lillian
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lillian is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
      • Anselmo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gates
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Gates is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
      • Round Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Round Valley is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
      • Elton ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Elton is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Walworth
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Walworth is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
      • Callaway
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Weissert
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Milburn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Milburn is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Berwyn
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Hill
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Pleasant Hill is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
        • Finchville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Finchville is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
        • West Union ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • West Union is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
        • Lodi
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Lodi is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Westerville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Cummings Park ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Cummings Park is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Park
        • Sargent
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Buckeye
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Buckeye is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
        • Arnold
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Oconto
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Ansley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Wescott
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Wescott is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
        • Burr Oak
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Burr Oak is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
        • Comstock
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Cumro ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Cumro is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumro
        • Mason City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blaine County
  • Logan County
  • Loup County

Footnotes ...

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