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Nearest Communities to Paplin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Paplin is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Howard County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Howard County: Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Merrick, Nance, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Paplin. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Howard County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Paplin (which is Howard 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 Paplin

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

  • Howard County   (where Paplin resides)
    • County Website:   https://howardcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Howard:   Saint Paul
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paplin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paplin.
      • Dannevirke
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Cotesfield
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Farwell
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elba
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Midway
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Nysted
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Nysted is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Boelus
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Howard City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Howard City is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Dannebrog
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Paul
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Cushing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Cushing is located in Howard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Saint Libory
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo County
    • County Website:   https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paplin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paplin.
      • Saint Michael
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Saint Michael is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
      • Nantasket ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
      • Ravenna
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweetwater
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Poole
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Poole is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
      • Pleasanton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Custer County
  • Greeley County
    • County Website:   https://greeleycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paplin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paplin.
      • Scotia Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Scotia Junction is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia Junction
      • Scotia
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Brayton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Brayton is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
      • Wolbach
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • O'Connor
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • O'Connor is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor
      • Greeley Center
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
      • Greeley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Belfast
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Belfast is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
  • Hall County
    • County Website:   https://www.hallcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Hall:   Grand Island
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paplin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paplin.
      • Cairo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Abbott
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Abbott is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
      • Cameron
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Cameron is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Ovina
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ovina is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovina
      • Pioneer Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneer Estates is located in Hall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Estates
  • Merrick County
  • Nance County
  • Sherman County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paplin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paplin.
      • North Loup
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Olean
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Olean is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
      • Sumter
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Saunders
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
      • Spelts
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
      • Arcadia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ord
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • 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 <4>
      • Elyria
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Geranium is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium

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- Paplin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Paplin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.