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Nearest Communities to Sparta,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Sparta.<1>

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

Sparta 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 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sparta. Of these communities, 31 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 Sparta (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 Sparta

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

  • Knox County   (where Sparta resides)
    • County Website:   https://knoxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Knox:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
      • Center
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Verdigre
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponca
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ponca is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponca
      • Niobrara
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dukeville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Dukeville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
      • Jelen
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Jelen is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelen
      • Winnetoon
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bazile Mills
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Lindy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Lindy is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindy
      • Tewsville ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Tewsville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewsville
      • Creighton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Pishelville ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Pishelville is located in Knox County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • 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
        • Walnut
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Walnut is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
        • Verdel
          (15 miles [24.1 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
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Knoxville is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
        • Bloomfield
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Midland
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Midland is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
        • Venus ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Venus is located in Knox County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
        • Crofton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Wausa
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Antelope County
  • Boyd County
  • Cedar County
    • County Website:   https://cedarcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Cedar:   Hartington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
      • Constance
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Constance is located in Cedar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
      • Pleasant Valley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Cedar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Aten
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Aten is located in Cedar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aten
      • Magnet
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Holt County
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
      • Dorsey
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Dorsey is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
      • Star
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Star is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Redbird
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Redbird is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
      • Emporia ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Emporia is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Opportunity
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Opportunity is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
      • Page
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierce County
  • Bon Homme County
    • County Website:   https://www.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Bon Homme:   Tyndall (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
      • Perkins
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Perkins is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
      • Springfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Kingsburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Kingsburg is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsburg
        • Estimated population in 2014: 697 people
      • Bon Homme Colony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Bon Homme Colony is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Homme Colony
      • Tyndall
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Avon
        (24 miles [38.6 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>
      • Tabor
        (25 miles [40.2 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 '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- Sparta) 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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