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Nearest Communities to North Star,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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

North Star 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 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of North Star. Of these communities, 51 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 North Star (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 North Star

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

  • Nance County   (where North Star resides)
    • County Website:   https://nancecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nance:   Fullerton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to North Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from North Star.
      • Timber Creek
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Timber Creek is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
      • Belgrade
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fullerton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Merchiston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Merchiston is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchiston
      • Krakow
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Krakow is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
      • Genoa
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://boonecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Albion
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to North Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from North Star.
      • Cedar Rapids
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Primrose
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Saint Edward
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Boone
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Boone is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Albion
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Vorhees
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Vorhees is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
      • Akron
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Akron is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Loretto
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Loretto is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
  • Greeley County
    • County Website:   https://greeleycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to North Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from North Star.
      • Wolbach
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Brayton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Brayton is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
      • O'Connor
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • O'Connor is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor
      • Greeley Center
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
      • Greeley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Spalding
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Belfast
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Belfast is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Scotia Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Scotia Junction is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia Junction
      • Scotia
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton County
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to North Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from North Star.
      • Cushing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Cushing is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Saint Paul
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Libory
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Elba
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Midway
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Cotesfield
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Dannebrog
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Farwell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Nysted
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Nysted is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Dannevirke
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
  • Merrick County
    • County Website:   https://merrickcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Merrick:   Central City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to North Star   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from North Star.
      • Palmer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Archer
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hord
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Hord is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
      • Clarks
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Central City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Heber
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Heber is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber
      • Paddock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Paddock is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Worms
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Worms is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worms
      • Riverside Park
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Riverside Park is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
      • Havens
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Havens is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
      • Silver Creek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Chapman
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lockwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Lockwood is located in Merrick County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
  • Platte County
  • Polk County
  • York 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- North Star) 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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