Nearest Communities to Orleans,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Orleans, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Orleans:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 south.
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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Orleans.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Orleans is located in Dickinson County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickinson County: Clay, Emmet, Osceola & Jackson (MN).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 82 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Orleans. Of these communities, 62 are located in counties other than Dickinson 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 Orleans (which is Dickinson 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 Orleans
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Dickinson County (where Orleans resides)
- County Website: https://dickinsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Dickinson: Spirit Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Spirit Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Village East Resort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village East Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village East Resort
- Beaches Resort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beaches Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaches Resort
- Triboji Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Triboji Beach is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triboji Beach
- Arnolds Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crows Nest Resort
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crows Nest Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Resort
- Egralharve
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Egralharve is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egralharve
- Manhattan Beach Resort
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Okoboji
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Montgomery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Wahpeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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- Crescent Beach Resort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent Beach Resort is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach Resort
- West Okoboji
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Terril
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Lake Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hagerty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hagerty is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerty
- Wallace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Spencer
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Fostoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fostoria is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Langdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Langdon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Birchwood Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Birchwood Estates is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Estates
- Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dickens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Everly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gillett Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gillett Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Rossie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rossie is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Emmet County
- County Website: https://emmetcountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Emmet: Estherville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Estherville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Raleigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Huntington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Huntington is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wallingford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Gruver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gruver is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Bubona ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bubona is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubona
- Dolliver
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Gridley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gridley is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Hoprig
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Halfa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Halfa is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfa
- Armstrong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Ringsted
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- O'Brien County
- County Website: https://obriencounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for O'Brien: Primghar
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Hartley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartley is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Moneta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moneta is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
- Plessis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plessis is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plessis
- Osceola County
- County Website: https://osceolacountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Osceola: Sibley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Harris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- May City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- May City is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Ocheyedan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ocheyedan is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheyedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Allendorf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allendorf is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendorf
- Melvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melvin is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cloverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Palo Alto County
- County Website: https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Palo Alto: Emmetsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Fallow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Graettinger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruthven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Emmetsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood County
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Jackson (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sioux Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux Valley is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Valley
- Lakefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alpha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Rost
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rost is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rost
- Spafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Okabena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Okabena is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Bergen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bergen is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
- Miloma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Miloma is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miloma
- Wilder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wilder is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Heron Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heron Lake is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Martin County
- County Website: https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Martin: Fairmont (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Dunnell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunnell is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Sherburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ceylon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fox Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Lake is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Wilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilbert is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Trimont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Welcome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nobles County
- County Website: https://www.co.nobles.mn.us/
- County Seat for Nobles: Worthington (MN)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Orleans ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Orleans.
- Round Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brewster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster is located in Nobles County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Worthington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Org
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Org is located in Nobles County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Org
- Bigelow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bigelow is located in Nobles County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
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 from Point A (ie- Orleans) 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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