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Nearest Communities to Blue Earth,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Blue Earth.<1>

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

Blue Earth is located in Faribault County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Faribault County: Kossuth (IA), Winnebago (IA), Blue Earth, Freeborn, Martin & Waseca.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 72 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blue Earth. Of these communities, 54 are located in counties other than Faribault 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 Blue Earth (which is Faribault 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 Blue Earth

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

  • Faribault County   (where Blue Earth resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.faribault.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Faribault:   Blue Earth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Earth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Earth.
      • Riverside Heights
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Riverside Heights is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Heights
      • Marna
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Marna is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marna
      • Guckeen
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Guckeen is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guckeen
      • Dell
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Frost
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Frost is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frost <3>
      • Winnebago
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Delavan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Delavan is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
      • Huntley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Elmore
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Elmore is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
      • Pilot Grove
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
      • Brush Creek
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Brush Creek is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
      • Easton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Easton is located in Faribault County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Bricelyn
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
        • Wells
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Wells is located in Faribault County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,157 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <3>
        • Minnesota Lake
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Kiester
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Baroda
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Baroda is located in Faribault County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baroda
        • Walters
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Walters is located in Faribault County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
  • Blue Earth County
  • Freeborn County
  • Martin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Martin:   Fairmont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Earth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Earth.
      • Imogene
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Imogene is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imogene
      • Granada
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • East Chain
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • East Chain is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chain
      • Nashville Center
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Nashville Center is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Center
      • Fairmont Estates
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Fairmont Estates is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Estates
      • Fairmont
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Northrop
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Truman
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Truman is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
      • Wilbert
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Wilbert is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
      • Welcome
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Ceylon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Fox Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Fox Lake is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
  • Waseca County
  • Watonwan County
  • Emmet County
  • Hancock County
  • Kossuth County
    • County Website:   https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Kossuth:   Algona (IA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Earth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Earth.
      • Moores Siding ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Moores Siding is located in Kossuth County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Siding
      • Ledyard
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Stevens
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Stevens is located in Kossuth County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • Gerled
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lakota
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lakota is located in Kossuth County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
      • Swea City
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Swea ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Swea is located in Kossuth County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swea
      • Bancroft
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • German Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Titonka
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Titonka is located in Kossuth County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Seneca
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burt
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Burt is located in Kossuth County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Lone Rock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Winnebago County
    • County Website:   https://www.winnebagocountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Winnebago:   Forest City (IA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Earth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Earth.
      • Rake
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Rake is located in Winnebago County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
      • Buffalo Center
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Amund
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Amund is located in Winnebago County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amund
      • Thompson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Thompson is located in Winnebago County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson <3>
      • Vinje
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Scarville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

Footnotes ...

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