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Nearest Communities to Swan Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Swan Lake.<1>

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

Swan Lake is located in Holt County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Swan Lake. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Holt 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 Swan Lake (which is Holt 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 Swan Lake

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

  • Holt County   (where Swan Lake resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.holt.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Amelia
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Inez ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
        • Inez is located in Holt County
      • Chambers
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Emmet
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
        • Emmet is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmet <3>
      • Atkinson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
        • Atkinson is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,221 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atkinson <3>
      • O'Neill
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
        • O'Neill is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
        • O'Neill has also been known as:
        • O'Neill City
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <3>
      • Inman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
        • Inman is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <3>
      • Stuart
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
        • Stuart is located in Holt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <3>
  • Garfield County
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Burwell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Gables ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gables. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
        • Gables is located in Garfield County
      • Deverre
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deverre have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deverre
        • Deverre is located in Garfield County
      • Burwell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willow Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
        • Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
  • Loup County
    • County Website:   www.co.loup.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Loup:   Taylor
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Aggies Acres
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aggies Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aggies Acres
        • Aggies Acres is located in Loup County
      • Mikes Meadows
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mikes Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
        • Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
  • Rock County
    • County Seat for Rock:   Bassett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Sybrant
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sybrant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sybrant
        • Sybrant is located in Rock County
      • Rose
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Duff
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duff have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
        • Duff is located in Rock County
  • Wheeler County
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Bartlett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
        • Wheeler is located in Wheeler County
      • Cumminsville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumminsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
        • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
      • Headquarters ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Headquarters have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
        • Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
      • Stokes Ranch
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokes Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ranch
        • Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler 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 from Point A (ie- Swan Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swan Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1700, Longitude: -99.0218       In this case, the coordinates for Swan Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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