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Nearest Communities to Platte Center,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village 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 starting from Platte Center.<1>

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

Platte Center is located in Platte County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Platte County: Boone, Butler, Colfax, Madison, Merrick, Nance & Polk.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Platte Center. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Platte 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 Platte Center (which is Platte 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 Platte Center

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

  • Platte County   (where Platte Center resides)
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Center.
      • Oconee
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Oconee is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • Tarnov
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Tarnov is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Sheldonville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
      • Monroe
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • College View Park
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Countryview Estates
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Columbus
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wagners Lake
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Wagners Lake is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagners Lake
      • Humphrey
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Cornlea
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Cornlea is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Duncan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Carriage House Estates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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        • Creston
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Gardiner
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Gardiner is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
        • Saint Bernard
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Saint Bernard is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
        • Lindsay
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rosenburg
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Rosenburg is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenburg
  • Boone County
    • County Website:   https://boonecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boone:   Albion
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Center.
      • Saint Edward
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Vorhees
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Vorhees is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
      • Boone
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Boone is located in Boone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
      • Albion
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   David City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Center.
      • Bellwood
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Edholm
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Edholm is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edholm
      • Octavia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Octavia is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Rising City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • David City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Millerton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Millerton is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Linwood
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Nimburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Nimburg is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
      • Garrison
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Garrison is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://colfaxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Schuyler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Center.
      • Richland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Richland is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Leigh
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunset Acres
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Sunset Acres is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
      • Schuyler
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Clarkson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Heun
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Heun is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heun
      • Howells
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rogers
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Rogers is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://madisoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Center.
      • Madison
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Newman Grove
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kalamazoo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Enola
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Enola is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
      • Emerick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Emerick is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerick
      • Warnerville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Warnerville is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnerville
  • Merrick County
  • Nance County
    • County Website:   https://nancecountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Nance:   Fullerton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Center.
      • Genoa
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Krakow
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Krakow is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
      • Merchiston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Merchiston is located in Nance County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchiston
      • Fullerton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Belgrade
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Polk County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Platte Center) 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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