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Nearest Communities to O'Connor,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 O'Connor.<1>

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

O'Connor is located in Greeley County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greeley County: Boone, Garfield, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of O'Connor. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Greeley 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 O'Connor (which is Greeley 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 O'Connor

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

  • Greeley County   (where O'Connor resides)
    • County Website:   https://greeleycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to O'Connor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from O'Connor.
      • Greeley Center
        (3 miles [4.8 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
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brayton
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Brayton is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
      • Wolbach
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Belfast
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Belfast is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
      • Scotia
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Spalding
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Scotia Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Scotia Junction is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia Junction
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://boonecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Albion
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to O'Connor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from O'Connor.
      • Primrose
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Rapids
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Akron
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Akron is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Loretto
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Loretto is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Albion
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Boone
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Boone is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
  • Howard County
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to O'Connor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from O'Connor.
      • Cotesfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Cushing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Cushing is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Elba
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Dannevirke
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Midway
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Saint Paul
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Paplin ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Paplin is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paplin
      • Farwell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Nysted
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Nysted is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Dannebrog
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Saint Libory
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Merrick County
  • Nance County
  • Sherman County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to O'Connor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from O'Connor.
      • North Loup
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Olean
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Olean is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
      • Sumter
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
      • Spelts
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
      • Saunders
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
      • Ord
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Ord is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,052 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ord <3>
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Elyria
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://wheelercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Bartlett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to O'Connor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from O'Connor.
      • Ericson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bartlett
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Day Ranch
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Day Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Ranch
      • Headquarters ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
      • Mignery Ranch
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Mignery Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignery Ranch

Footnotes ...

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