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Nearest Communities to West Union,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of West Union is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Custer County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Blaine, Buffalo, Dawson, Garfield, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Sherman & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Union. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Custer County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for West Union (which is Custer 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 West Union

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

  • Custer County   (where West Union resides)
    • County Website:   https://custercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Broken Bow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Union   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
      • Sargent
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cummings Park ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cummings Park is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Park
      • Round Valley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Round Valley is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
      • Walworth
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Walworth is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
      • Gates
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Gates is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
      • Elton ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Elton is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Lillian
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lillian is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
      • Weissert
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wescott
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Wescott is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
      • Comstock
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Milburn
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Milburn is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
      • New Helena
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • New Helena is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Helena
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Westerville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Broken Bow
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
          • Broken Bow has also been known as:
          • Brokenbow
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <4>
        • Merna
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Berwyn
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Dale ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Dale is located in Custer County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
        • Anselmo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Ansley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Blaine County
  • Garfield County
  • Loup County
    • County Website:   https://loupcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Loup:   Taylor
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Union   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
      • Taylor
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Kent ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Kent is located in Loup County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Almeria
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Almeria is located in Loup County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeria
      • Aggies Acres
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Aggies Acres is located in Loup County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aggies Acres
      • Mikes Meadows
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Union   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Union.
      • Geranium ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Geranium is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
      • Elyria
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Arcadia
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Vinton ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Vinton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Ord
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Ord is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,052 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ord <4>
      • Saunders
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Saunders is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- West Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.