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Nearest Communities to Atwater,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Atwater.<1>

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

Atwater is located in Kandiyohi County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kandiyohi County: Chippewa, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stearns & Swift.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 79 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Atwater. Of these communities, 61 are located in counties other than Kandiyohi 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 Atwater (which is Kandiyohi 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 Atwater

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

  • Kandiyohi County   (where Atwater resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.kcmn.us/
    • County Seat for Kandiyohi:   Willmar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atwater.
      • Kandiyohi
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kandiyohi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
      • Spicer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Spicer is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,224 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicer <3>
      • Willmar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Wilmar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • New London
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hawick
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Lake Lillian
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Parkwood Estates
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Parkwood Estates is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
      • Svea
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blomkest
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
      • Regal
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Regal is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Priam
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Priam is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priam
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        • Pennock
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Pennock is located in Kandiyohi County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennock
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
        • Norway Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Norway Lake is located in Kandiyohi County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Lake
        • Roseland
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Raymond
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Prinsburg
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunburg
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Chippewa County
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.meeker.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Meeker:   Litchfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atwater.
      • Grove City
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Acton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Acton is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Crow River
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Crow River is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow River
      • Rosendale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Manannah
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Strout
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Strout is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strout
      • Litchfield
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Beckville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Beckville is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckville
      • Cosmos
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Forest City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Corvuso
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Corvuso is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvuso
      • Greenleaf
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Greenleaf is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
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        • Casey
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Casey is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
        • Eden Valley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Darwin
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Cedar Mills
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Watkins
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Dassel
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Jennie
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Jennie is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
        • Kingston
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Kingston is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
        • West View Terrace
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • West View Terrace is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Terrace
        • Lamson
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Lamson is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamson
  • Renville County
  • Stearns County
    • County Website:   https://www.stearnscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Stearns:   Saint Cloud
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atwater.
      • Paynesville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Georgeville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Georgeville is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
      • Roscoe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Lake Henry
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Saint Nicholas
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint Nicholas is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
      • Belgrade
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Belgrade is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
      • Saint Martin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Richmond
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Hill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Spring Hill is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
      • Kimball Prairie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimball Prairie is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Prairie
      • Kimball
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Farming
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Farming is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farming
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        • Cold Spring
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Marty
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Marty is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
        • Brooten
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Brooten is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooten
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
        • Elrosa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Fairhaven
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jacobs Prairie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Jacobs Prairie is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Prairie
  • Swift County
  • Wright County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Atwater) 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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