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Nearest Communities to Ponca,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Ponca.<1>

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

Ponca is located in Knox County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Antelope, Boyd, Cedar, Holt, Pierce, Bon Homme (SD), Charles Mix (SD) & Yankton (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ponca. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Knox 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 Ponca (which is Knox 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 Ponca

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

  • Knox County   (where Ponca resides)
    • County Website:   https://knoxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Knox:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca.
      • Niobrara
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dukeville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Dukeville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
      • Sparta
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sparta is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Jelen
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Jelen is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelen
      • Pishelville ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Pishelville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
      • Verdigre
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Verdel
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Verdel is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
      • Knoxville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Knoxville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
      • Center
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Walnut is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Santee
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Santee is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
      • Winnetoon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Bazile Mills
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
        • Lindy
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Lindy is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindy
        • Tewsville ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Tewsville is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewsville
        • Creighton
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Venus ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Venus is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
        • Bloomfield
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Midland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Midland is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
        • Crofton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Wausa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Antelope County
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca.
      • Monowi
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Monowi is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
      • Lynch
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bristow
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rosedale ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rosedale is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Gross
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Gross is located in Boyd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
  • Holt County
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca.
      • Dorsey
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Dorsey is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
      • Star
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Star is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Redbird
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Redbird is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
      • Opportunity
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Opportunity is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
      • Emporia ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Emporia is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Page
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Paddock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Paddock is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Meek
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Meek is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meek
      • Midway
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Midway is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Pierce County
  • Bon Homme County
    • County Website:   https://www.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Bon Homme:   Tyndall (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ponca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ponca.
      • Perkins
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Perkins is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
      • Springfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsburg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Kingsburg is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsburg
        • Estimated population in 2014: 697 people
      • Avon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Avon is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <3>
      • Bon Homme Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bon Homme Colony is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Homme Colony
      • Tyndall
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Tyndall is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyndall
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyndall <3>
      • Tabor
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Tabor is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tabor <3>
  • Charles Mix County
  • Yankton County

Footnotes ...

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