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Nearest Communities to Thurston,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Thurston.<1>

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

Thurston is located in Thurston County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Thurston County: Monona (IA), Woodbury (IA), Burt, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon & Wayne.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 71 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Thurston. Of these communities, 66 are located in counties other than Thurston 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 Thurston (which is Thurston 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 Thurston

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

  • Thurston County   (where Thurston resides)
  • Burt County
    • County Website:   https://burtcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Burt:   Tekamah
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thurston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thurston.
      • Basford ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Basford is located in Burt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basford
      • Lyons
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Decatur
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bertha
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bertha is located in Burt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
      • Oakland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Essen
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Essen is located in Burt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
  • Cedar County
  • Cuming County
    • County Website:   https://cumingcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Cuming:   West Point
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thurston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thurston.
      • Bancroft
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Beemer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wisner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bismarck ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Bismarck is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
      • West Point
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • West Point is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
        • West Point has also been known as:
        • Westpoint
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <3>
      • Saint Charles
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Saint Charles is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
      • Aloys
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Aloys is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
      • Monterey
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Monterey is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Dakota County
    • County Website:   https://dakotacounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Dakota:   Dakota City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thurston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thurston.
      • Nacora
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Nacora is located in Dakota County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacora
      • Homer
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hubbard
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Goodwin
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Goodwin is located in Dakota County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
      • Jackson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Willis
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Willis is located in Dakota County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
      • Dakota City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Millis Beach
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Millis Beach is located in Dakota County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Beach
      • North Shore
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • North Shore is located in Dakota County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
      • South Sioux City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Covington ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Covington is located in Dakota County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Dixon County
    • County Website:   https://dixoncountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Dixon:   Ponca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thurston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thurston.
      • Emerson
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Wakefield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Allen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Waterbury
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Concord
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Martinsburg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Martinsburg is located in Dixon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
      • Ponca
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Dodge County
  • Stanton County
  • Wayne County
  • Monona County
  • Plymouth County
  • Woodbury County
    • County Website:   https://www.woodburycountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Woodbury:   Sioux City (IA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thurston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thurston.
      • Salix
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Salix is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salix <3>
      • Estates West
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Estates West is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estates West
      • Sergeant Bluff
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sloan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Sloan is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sloan <3>
      • Glen Ellen
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
      • Luton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Luton is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luton
      • Morningside
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Morningside is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
      • Riverside
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverside is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Sioux City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Lucia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Mount Lucia is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lucia
      • Regency of Sioux City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Regency of Sioux City is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency of Sioux City
      • Owego
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Owego is located in Woodbury County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owego
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Bronson
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bronson is located in Woodbury County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
        • Holiday Village
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Holiday Village is located in Woodbury County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
        • Springdale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Springdale is located in Woodbury County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
        • Leeds
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Leeds is located in Woodbury County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
  • Union 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- Thurston) 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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