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Nearest Communities to Opportunity,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Opportunity.<1>

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

Opportunity is located in Holt County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Opportunity. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Holt 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 Opportunity (which is Holt 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 Opportunity

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

  • Holt County   (where Opportunity resides)
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Opportunity   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Opportunity.
      • Star
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Star is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Dorsey
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Dorsey is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
      • Meek
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Meek is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meek
      • Midway
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Midway is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Redbird
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Redbird is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
      • O'Neill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • O'Neill is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
        • O'Neill has also been known as:
        • O'Neill City
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <3>
      • Paddock
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Paddock is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Inman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Page
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Emporia ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Emporia is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Emmet
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stafford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Stafford is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
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        • Anncar
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Anncar is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anncar
        • Catalpa ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Catalpa is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
        • Ewing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Atkinson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Chambers
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilson Ranch
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Wilson Ranch is located in Holt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Ranch
  • Antelope County
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Opportunity   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Opportunity.
      • Lynch
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bristow
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Monowi
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Monowi is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
      • Rosedale ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Rosedale is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Spencer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gross
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Gross is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
      • Butte
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Anoka
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Anoka is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Baker ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Baker is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
  • Knox County
    • County Website:   https://knoxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Knox:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Opportunity   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Opportunity.
      • Knoxville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Knoxville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
      • Walnut
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Walnut is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Venus ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Venus is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
      • Pishelville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pishelville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
      • Jelen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Jelen is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelen
      • Dukeville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Dukeville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
      • Verdel
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Verdel is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
      • Ponca
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Ponca is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponca
      • Verdigre
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Niobrara
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sparta
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Sparta is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Winnetoon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bazile Mills
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Charles Mix County
  • Gregory 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Opportunity) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.