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Nearest Communities to Balaton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Balaton.<1>

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

Balaton is located in Lyon County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Lincoln, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Balaton. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Balaton (which is Lyon 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 Balaton

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

  • Lyon County   (where Balaton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balaton.
      • Garvin
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Garvin is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Burchard
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Burchard is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
      • Russell
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Florence
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Florence is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Amiret
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Lynd
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Tracy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Village Park
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Garvin Park
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Dudley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Ghent
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Green Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
        • Minneota
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Taunton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Cottonwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Cottonwood County
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lincoln.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Ivanhoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balaton.
      • Tyler
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Tyler is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <3>
      • Arco
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Benton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Verdi
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Verdi is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
      • Ivanhoe
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilno
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilno is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilno
  • Murray County
    • County Website:   https://www.murray-countymn.com/
    • County Seat for Murray:   Slayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balaton.
      • Current Lake
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Current Lake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
      • Lowville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Lowville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • The Lakes
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • The Lakes is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
      • Owanka
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Owanka is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
      • Currie
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hadley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Hadley is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
      • Lake Wilson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Slayton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Dovray
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Dovray is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovray
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Chandler
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Chandler is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
        • Iona
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Avoca
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Avoca is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
        • Wirock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Wirock is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
        • Fulda
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lime Creek
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Lime Creek is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
  • Nobles County
  • Pipestone County
    • County Website:   https://www.pipestone-county.com/
    • County Seat for Pipestone:   Pipestone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balaton.
      • Ruthton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Holland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Holland is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
      • Woodstock
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Diamond Corner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Diamond Corner is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Corner
      • Hatfield
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hatfield is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Cazenovia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Cazenovia is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Edgerton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pipestone
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cresson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Cresson is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresson
      • Trosky
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balaton.
      • Walnut Grove
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Milroy
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Revere
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lucan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamberton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Vesta
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
  • Yellow Medicine County
  • Brookings County
  • Moody 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Balaton) 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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