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Nearest Communities to Wheeler,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 starting from Wheeler.<1>

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

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheeler County: Antelope, Boone, Garfield, Greeley, Holt & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wheeler. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Wheeler 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 Wheeler (which is Wheeler 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 Wheeler

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

  • Wheeler County   (where Wheeler resides)
    • County Website:   https://wheelercounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Bartlett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Cumminsville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
      • Headquarters ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
      • Stokes Ranch
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ranch
      • Bartlett
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mignery Ranch
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Mignery Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mignery Ranch
      • Day Ranch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Day Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Ranch
      • Koinzan Ranch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Koinzan Ranch is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koinzan Ranch
      • Ericson
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Antelope County
  • Boone County
  • Garfield County
    • County Website:   https://garfieldcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Burwell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Gables ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Gables is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
      • Deverre
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Deverre is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deverre
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
      • Burwell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greeley County
    • County Website:   https://greeleycounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Belfast
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Belfast is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
      • Spalding
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Greeley Center
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
      • Greeley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Horace ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
  • Holt County
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Chambers
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Knievels Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
      • Deloit
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Deloit is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Amelia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ewing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Swan Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Swan Lake is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
      • Stafford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Stafford is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
      • Inman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Inez ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Inez is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
      • Emporia ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Emporia is located in Holt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Page
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://valleycountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Ord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wheeler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
      • Sumter
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Sumter is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
      • Elyria
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Spelts
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Spelts is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelts
      • Olean
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Olean is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
      • Ord
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • 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
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheeler) 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 Wheeler, 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.