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Nearest Communities to Riverdale,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Riverdale is located in Buffalo County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buffalo County: Adams, Custer, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Riverdale. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Buffalo 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 Riverdale (which is Buffalo 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 Riverdale

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

  • Buffalo County   (where Riverdale resides)
    • County Website:   https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Kearney
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverdale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverdale.
      • Glenwood Park
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Glenwood Park is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
      • Amherst
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Alfalfa Center
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Alfalfa Center is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
      • R-Villa Courts
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • R-Villa Courts is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for R-Villa Courts
      • Prairie Center
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Prairie Center is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
        • Former name for Prairie Center:
        • Prairie Centre
      • Kearney
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Kearney is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,235 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kearney <3>
      • Prairie View Estates
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Prairie View Estates is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View Estates
      • Odessa
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Buda
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Buda is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
      • Elm Creek
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Pleasanton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sartoria
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Sartoria is also located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
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        • Miller
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Miller is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miller <3>
        • Gibbon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Gibbon is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <3>
        • Poole
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Poole is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
        • Sweetwater
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sweetwater is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
        • Ravenna
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Ravenna is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,361 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenna <3>
        • Shelton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Shelton is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <3>
        • Denman
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Denman is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denman
        • Nantasket ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Nantasket was located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
        • Saint Michael
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Saint Michael is also located in Buffalo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
  • Adams County
  • Custer County
  • Dawson County
    • County Website:   https://www.dawsoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Dawson:   Lexington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverdale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverdale.
      • Trued
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Trued is located in Dawson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trued
      • Overton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sumner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Josselyn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Josselyn is located in Dawson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselyn
      • Eddyville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lexington
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hall County
  • Howard County
  • Kearney County
    • County Website:   https://kearneycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Kearney:   Minden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverdale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverdale.
      • Kearney City ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kearney City was located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney City
        • Kearney City has also been known as:
        • Dobytown
      • Newark
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Newark is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Lowell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Lowell is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Valley City ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Valley City was located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
      • Axtell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Minden
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Koller
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Koller is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koller
      • Heartwell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Keene
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Keene is located in Kearney County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Wilcox
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Norman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Phelps County
    • County Website:   https://phelpscounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Phelps:   Holdrege
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverdale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverdale.
      • Funk
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Westmark
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Westmark is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
      • Sacramento
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Sacramento is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
      • Holdrege
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Loomis
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Clyde
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Clyde is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Bertrand
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherman 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 from Point A (ie- Riverdale) 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.