Nearest Communities to Mullen,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Mullen, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Mullen:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Mullen.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Mullen is located in Hooker County and is the County Seat.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hooker County: Arthur, Cherry, Grant, McPherson & Thomas.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 11 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mullen. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Hooker 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 Mullen (which is Hooker 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 Mullen
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hooker County (where Mullen resides)
- County Website: www.co.hooker.ne.us/
- County Seat for Hooker: Mullen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Hooker County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Hooker County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Hooker County
- Nearest Communities to Mullen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mullen.
- Kelso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Heil School ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heil School
- Heil School is located in Hooker County
- Heil School has also been known as:
- Hecla
- Weir
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry County
- County Website: www.co.cherry.ne.us/
- County Seat for Cherry: Valentine
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Cherry County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Cherry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Cherry County
- Nearest Communities to Mullen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mullen.
- Hire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Brownlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Brownlee is located in Cherry County
- Audacious ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County
- County Seat for Grant: Hyannis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Grant County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Grant County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Grant County
- Nearest Communities to Mullen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mullen.
- Whitman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Whitman is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitman <5>
- Duluth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Thomas County
- County Seat for Thomas: Thedford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Thomas County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Thomas County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Thomas County
- Nearest Communities to Mullen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Mullen.
- Seneca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Seneca is located in Thomas County
- Estimated population in 2015: 35 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <5>
- Norway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Thedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thedford
- Thedford is located in Thomas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thedford <5>
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 from Point A (ie- Mullen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mullen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0429, Longitude: -101.0436 |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |