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Nearest Communities to Brainerd,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast 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 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 east 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 Brainerd.<1>

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

Brainerd is located in Crow Wing County and is the County Seat.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crow Wing County: Aitkin, Cass, Mille Lacs & Morrison.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brainerd. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Crow Wing 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 Brainerd (which is Crow Wing 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 Brainerd

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

  • Crow Wing County   (where Brainerd resides)
    • 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 Brainerd   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brainerd.
      • Meadow View Manor
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Meadow View Manor is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Manor
      • Baxter
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • 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>
      • Barrows
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Barrows is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows
      • Woodrow
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Woodrow is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Legionville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
      • Loerch
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Loerch is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loerch
      • Crow Wing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
      • Merrifield
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Saint Mathias
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
      • Lake Hubert
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Lake Hubert is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hubert
      • Riverton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverton is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
      • Shephard
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Shephard is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shephard
      • Continue List   (29 more) ...
        • Lennox
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Lennox is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
        • Homecroft
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Homecroft is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
        • Nisswa
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Nisswa is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisswa
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nisswa <3>
        • Pequot Terrace
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Pequot Terrace is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Terrace
        • Klondyke
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Klondyke is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondyke
        • Ironton
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Trommald
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Trommald is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trommald
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
        • Crosby Beach
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Crosby Beach is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Beach
        • Crosby
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Manganese
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Manganese is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manganese
        • Oreland
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Oreland is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreland
        • Fort Ripley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bay Lake
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Pequot Lakes
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Cuyuna
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Cuyuna is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyuna
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
        • Deerwood
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Wolford
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Wolford is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolford
        • Pine Center
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Pine Center is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Center
        • Breezy Point
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Mission
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Mission is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
        • Garrison
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • White Hawk
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • White Hawk is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hawk
        • Crosslake
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Jenkins
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Lakewood Court
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Lakewood Court is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Court
        • Manhattan Beach
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Swanburg
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Swanburg is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanburg
        • Fifty Lakes
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Emily
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Emily is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emily <3>
  • Aitkin County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brainerd   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brainerd.
      • East Gull Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sylvan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Sylvan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Lake Shore
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pillager
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Casino
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
      • Bridgeman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • Graff
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Graff is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
      • Leader
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Leader is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
      • Pine River
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Ellis
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Chickamaw Beach
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Poplar
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Poplar is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Mildred
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Mildred is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Morrison County
  • Todd County
  • Wadena 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- Brainerd) 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.