Farwell, Nebraska

Current Weather

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Grand Island. It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the southeast of Farwell and has a population of 42,940 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Kearney. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the southwest of Farwell and has a population of 27,431 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Albion	NE	46 mi [74 km]	1,601	10.91% decrease
	Aurora	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	4,198	0.64% decrease
	Burwell	NW	46 mi [74 km]	1,005	11.06% decrease
	Central City	E	33 mi [53.1 km]	2,828	5.67% decrease
	Fullerton	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	1,221	11.39% decrease
	Genoa	E	49 mi [78.9 km]	856	12.74% decrease
	Gibbon	S	34 mi [54.7 km]	1,847	5% increase
	Harvard	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	873	12.53% decrease
	Hastings	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	25,394	5.53% increase
	Loup City	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	883	11.35% decrease
	Ord	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	2,028	10.62% decrease
	Ravenna	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,316	1.86% decrease
	Saint Paul	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	2,199	0.86% decrease
	Shelton	S	30 mi [48.28 km]	1,157	1.49% increase
	Wood River	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	1,193	0.91% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashton	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	210	11.39% decrease
	Cairo	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	782	1.01% decrease
	Cotesfield	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	62	6.06% decrease
	Cushing	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	29	6.45% decrease
	Dannebrog	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	330	6.25% decrease
	Elba	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	227	6.58% decrease
	Greeley Center	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	436	17.89% decrease
	Hazard	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	58	12.12% decrease
	Howard City	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	207	6.33% decrease
	North Loup City	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	North Loup	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	298	12.09% decrease
	Palmer	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	428	9.32% decrease
	Rockville	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	98	11.71% decrease
	Scotia	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	261	15.26% decrease
	Wolbach	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	243	15.33% decrease

Howard County

Farwell is located in Howard County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Howard: Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Merrick, Nance, Sherman and Valley.

Below are counties that are near Farwell (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Farwell:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Farwell
	Adams County	S	Prosser	36 miles [57 km]
	Boone County	NE	Cedar Rapids	34 miles [54 km]
	Buffalo County	SW	Saint Michael	14 miles [22 km]
	Custer County	W	Mason City	34 miles [54 km]
	Greeley County	N	Scotia Junction	17 miles [27 km]
	Hall County	S	Cairo	14 miles [22 km]
	Hamilton County	SE	Phillips	30 miles [48 km]
	Merrick County	E	Palmer	19 miles [30 km]
	Nance County	NE	North Star	27 miles [43 km]
	Sherman County	W	Ashton	8 miles [12 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Farwell. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes