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Nearest Communities to German Valley,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 German Valley.<1>

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

German Valley is located in Kossuth County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kossuth County: Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Faribault (MN) & Martin (MN).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 85 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of German Valley. Of these communities, 60 are located in counties other than Kossuth 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 German Valley (which is Kossuth 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 German Valley

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

  • Kossuth County   (where German Valley resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Kossuth:   Algona
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to German Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from German Valley.
      • Titonka
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Titonka is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Lakota
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Lakota is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
      • Bancroft
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Burt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Burt is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Stevens
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Stevens is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • Gerled
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ledyard
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wesley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Wesley is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
      • Moores Siding ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Moores Siding is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Siding
      • Sexton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lone Rock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Swea City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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        • Saint Benedict
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Saint Benedict is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
        • Algona
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Seneca
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Hobarton
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
        • Lotts Creek
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
        • Irvington
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Swea ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Swea is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swea
        • Fenton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
        • Galbraith
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Galbraith is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith
        • Hanna
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Hanna is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
        • Whittemore
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
        • Lu Verne
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Saint Joseph
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
  • Cerro Gordo County
  • Emmet County
  • Hancock County
    • County Website:   https://hancockcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Hancock:   Garner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to German Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from German Valley.
      • Woden
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crystal Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Crystal Lake is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Hutchins
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Britt
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stilson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Stilson is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilson
      • Hawley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Hawley is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
      • Hayfield
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Hayfield is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
      • Corwith
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Corwith is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
      • Duncan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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        • Miller
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Miller is located in Hancock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
        • Denhart
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Denhart is located in Hancock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denhart
        • Hayfield Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Hayfield Junction is located in Hancock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield Junction
        • Garner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Kanawha
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Klemme
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Humboldt County
  • Palo Alto County
    • County Website:   https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Palo Alto:   Emmetsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to German Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from German Valley.
      • Fairville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
      • Depew
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Depew is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Cylinder
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • West Bend
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rodman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Winnebago County
  • Worth County
  • Faribault County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.faribault.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Faribault:   Blue Earth (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to German Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from German Valley.
      • Elmore
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Elmore is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
      • Pilot Grove
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
      • Frost
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Frost is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frost <3>
      • Bricelyn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bricelyn is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
      • Marna
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Marna is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marna
      • Kiester
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Kiester is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiester
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiester <3>
      • Blue Earth
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Dell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Brush Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Brush Creek is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
      • Riverside Heights
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Riverside Heights is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Heights
      • Guckeen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Guckeen is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guckeen
      • Walters
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Walters is located in Faribault County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
  • Freeborn County
  • Martin County

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 from Point A (ie- German Valley) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.