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Nearest Communities to Belle Prairie,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Belle Prairie is located in Morrison County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morrison County: Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Stearns & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 91 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Belle Prairie. Of these communities, 63 are located in counties other than Morrison 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 Belle Prairie (which is Morrison 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 Belle Prairie

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

  • Morrison County   (where Belle Prairie resides)
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.benton.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Foley
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belle Prairie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belle Prairie.
      • Rice
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Rice is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rice <3>
      • Rockwood Estates
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Rockwood Estates is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Estates
      • Mayhew
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Mayhew is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
      • Watab
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Brennyville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Brennyville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennyville
      • Fruitville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Fruitville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
      • Jakeville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jakeville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakeville
      • North Benton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • North Benton is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
      • Gilman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Evergreen Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
      • Popple Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Popple Creek is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple Creek
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belle Prairie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belle Prairie.
      • Pillager
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sylvan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Sylvan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • East Gull Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • Casino
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Belle Prairie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belle Prairie.
      • Fort Ripley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Saint Mathias
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
      • Lennox
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Lennox is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
      • Shephard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Shephard is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shephard
      • Crow Wing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
      • Barrows
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Barrows is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows
      • Baxter
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Baxter is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,483 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <3>
      • Meadow View Manor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Meadow View Manor is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Manor
      • Brainerd
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
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        • Pine Center
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Center is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Center
        • Woodrow
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Woodrow is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
        • Loerch
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Loerch is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loerch
        • Legionville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
        • Merrifield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Garrison
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mille Lacs 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 Belle Prairie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Belle Prairie.
      • Opole
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Holdingford
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Saint Francis
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Francis is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
      • Saint Stephen
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
      • Saint Wendel
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Saint Anna
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Saint Anna is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anna
      • Saint Anthony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • Saint Rosa
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Rosa is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Avon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Evergreen Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Evergreen Village is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
      • Five Points
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Five Points is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
      • Hi-Vue Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Hi-Vue Park is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hi-Vue Park
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Todd 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- Belle Prairie) 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.