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Nearest Communities to Newport,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

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

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

Newport is located in Rock County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rock County: Boyd, Brown, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha & Loup.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Newport. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Rock 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 Newport (which is Rock 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 Newport

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

  • Rock County   (where Newport resides)
    • County Seat for Rock:   Bassett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newport.
      • Bassett
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mariaville ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mariaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
        • Mariaville is located in Rock County
      • Dyer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
        • Dyer is located in Rock County
      • Sybrant
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sybrant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sybrant
        • Sybrant is located in Rock County
      • Rose
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Duff
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duff have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
        • Duff is located in Rock County
  • Boyd County
  • Brown County
    • County Seat for Brown:   Ainsworth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newport.
      • Winfield ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
        • Winfield is located in Brown County
      • Long Pine
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Ainsworth
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Holt County
    • County Website:   www.co.holt.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newport.
      • Stuart
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
        • Stuart is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <3>
      • Wilson Ranch
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Ranch
        • Wilson Ranch is located in Holt County
      • Cleveland ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cleveland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
        • Cleveland is located in Holt County
      • Atkinson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
        • Atkinson is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,221 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atkinson <3>
      • Dustin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
        • Dustin is located in Holt County
      • Catalpa ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catalpa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
        • Catalpa is located in Holt County
      • Emmet
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
        • Emmet is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmet <3>
      • Inez ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
        • Inez is located in Holt County
  • Keya Paha County
    • County Website:   www.co.keya-paha.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Keya Paha:   Springview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Newport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Newport.
      • Carns ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carns
        • Carns is located in Keya Paha County
      • Riverview
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
        • Riverview is located in Keya Paha County
      • Brocksburg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brocksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocksburg
        • Brocksburg is located in Keya Paha County
      • Mills
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Burton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
        • Burton is located in Keya Paha County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
      • Springview
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamison
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamison have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
        • Jamison is located in Keya Paha County
      • Meadville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
        • Meadville is located in Keya Paha 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6002, Longitude: -99.3283       In this case, the coordinates for Newport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<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>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.




 

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