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Nearest Communities to Ord,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast 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 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.<1>

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

Ord is located in Valley County and is the County Seat.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ord. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Ord (which is Valley 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 Ord

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

  • Valley County   (where Ord resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.valley.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ord   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ord.
      • Saunders
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saunders have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
      • Spelts
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spelts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
      • Elyria
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
        • Elyria is located in Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <4>
      • Olean
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olean have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
        • Olean is located in Valley County
      • Sumter
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sumter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Sumter
        • From Ord to Sumter
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geranium have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
        • Geranium is located in Valley County
      • North Loup
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Arcadia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   www.co.custer.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ord   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ord.
      • Comstock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
        • Comstock is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <4>
      • Wescott
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Sargent
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Westerville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Union ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
        • West Union is located in Custer County
      • Elton ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
        • Elton is located in Custer County
      • Weissert
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cummings Park ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cummings Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Park
        • Cummings Park is located in Custer County
      • Round Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
        • Round Valley is located in Custer County
  • Garfield County
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Burwell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ord   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ord.
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Burwell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Deverre
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deverre have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deverre
        • Deverre is located in Garfield County
      • Gables ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gables. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
        • Gables is located in Garfield County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Gables
        • From Ord to Gables
  • Greeley County
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ord   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ord.
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Scotia Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotia Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia Junction
        • Scotia Junction is located in Greeley County
      • Scotia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Belfast
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfast have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
        • Belfast is located in Greeley County
      • Greeley Center
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Greeley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • O'Connor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Connor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor
        • O'Connor is located in Greeley County
      • Brayton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Spalding
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
        • Spalding is located in Greeley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spalding <4>
  • Howard County
  • Loup County
    • County Website:   www.co.loup.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Loup:   Taylor
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ord   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ord.
      • Kent ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
        • Kent is located in Loup County
      • Aggies Acres
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aggies Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aggies Acres
        • Aggies Acres is located in Loup County
      • Mikes Meadows
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mikes Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
        • Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
      • Taylor
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sherman County
  • Wheeler 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ord) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ord. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6030, Longitude: -98.9294    
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.




 

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