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Nearest Communities to Nantasket,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Nantasket.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Nantasket is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Buffalo County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buffalo County: Adams, Custer, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nantasket. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Buffalo County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Nantasket (which is Buffalo 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 Nantasket

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

  • Buffalo County   (where Nantasket resides)
    • County Website:   https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nantasket   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nantasket.
      • Ravenna
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Saint Michael
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Saint Michael is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
      • Poole
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Poole is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
      • Sweetwater
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Pleasanton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Prairie Center
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
      • Shelton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Sartoria
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
      • Gibbon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Buda
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Buda is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
      • Glenwood Park
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Glenwood Park is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
      • Denman
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Denman is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denman
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Riverdale
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Amherst
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Kearney
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie View Estates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Prairie View Estates is located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View Estates
        • R-Villa Courts
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • R-Villa Courts is located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for R-Villa Courts
        • Alfalfa Center
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Alfalfa Center is located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
        • Miller
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Odessa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://adamscountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Hastings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nantasket   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nantasket.
      • Prosser
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Prosser is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Hayland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hayland is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
      • Kenesaw
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Custer County
  • Greeley County
  • Hall County
    • County Website:   https://www.hallcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Hall:   Grand Island
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nantasket   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nantasket.
      • Cairo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cameron
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Cameron is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Abbott
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Abbott is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
      • Wood River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ovina
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Ovina is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovina
      • Alda
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Grand Island
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pioneer Estates
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Pioneer Estates is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Estates
      • Kingwood Estates
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Kingwood Estates is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Estates
      • Parkview
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Parkview is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview
      • Rosedale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosedale is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Kuesters Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Kuesters Lake is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuesters Lake
      • Doniphan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nantasket   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nantasket.
      • Boelus
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Howard City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Howard City is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Nysted
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Nysted is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Dannebrog
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Farwell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Paplin ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Paplin is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paplin
      • Midway
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Dannevirke
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Elba
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Paul
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cotesfield
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Saint Libory
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Kearney County
    • County Website:   https://kearneycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Kearney:   Minden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nantasket   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nantasket.
      • Lowell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Lowell is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Valley City ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Valley City is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
      • Newark
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Newark is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Kearney City ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Kearney City is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney City
        • Kearney City has also been known as:
        • Dobytown
  • Sherman County
  • Valley County

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 from Point A (ie- Nantasket) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nantasket, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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