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Nearest Communities to Bechyn,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Bechyn.<1>

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

Bechyn is located in Renville County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Renville County: Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bechyn. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Renville 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 Bechyn (which is Renville 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 Bechyn

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

  • Renville County   (where Bechyn resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.renvillecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Renville:   Olivia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bechyn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bechyn.
      • Beaver Falls
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Beaver Falls is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Falls
      • Morton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Danube
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Olivia
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Renville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bird Island
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sacred Heart
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hector
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Countryview Estates
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Fairfax
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Buffalo Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Churchill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchill is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Lakeside
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakeside is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   New Ulm
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bechyn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bechyn.
      • Evan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Evan is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Cobden
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Cobden is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Springfield
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sleepy Eye
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bechyn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bechyn.
      • Bunde
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Bunde is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunde
      • Clara City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Maynard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Asbury
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Asbury is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Gluek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Gluek is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluek
  • Kandiyohi County
    • County Website:   https://www.kcmn.us/
    • County Seat for Kandiyohi:   Willmar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bechyn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bechyn.
      • Roseland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Roseland is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Blomkest
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
      • Prinsburg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Prinsburg is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prinsburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Lake Lillian
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Svea
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Svea is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
      • Raymond
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Priam
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Priam is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priam
  • Lyon County
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bechyn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bechyn.
      • North Redwood
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
      • Redwood Falls
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Delhi
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Belview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Gilfillan
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
      • Morgan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Morgan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
      • Seaforth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Clements
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Clements is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Rowena
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Rowena is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Vesta
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Wabasso
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lucan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
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        • Wanda
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Milroy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lamberton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Sanborn
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Sibley County
  • Yellow Medicine County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bechyn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bechyn.
      • Echo
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
      • Wood Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
      • Granite Falls
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Courts
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Lorne
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Hanley Falls
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bechyn) 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.