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Nearest Communities to Burr,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Burr.<1>

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

Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yellow Medicine County: Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville & Deuel (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Burr. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Yellow Medicine 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 Burr (which is Yellow Medicine 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 Burr

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

  • Yellow Medicine County   (where Burr resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Burr   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burr.
      • Canby
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Canby is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canby <3>
      • Porter
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Saint Leo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Spring Creek
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Clarkfield
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Normania
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
  • Chippewa County
  • Lac qui Parle County
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Burr   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burr.
      • Providence
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Haydenville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
      • Marietta
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
      • Dawson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Dawson is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <3>
      • Madison
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
      • Nassau
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <3>
      • Boyd
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Boyd is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyd <3>
      • Cerro Gordo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
      • Bellingham
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
      • Rosen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Rosen is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosen
      • Lac qui Parle
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
      • Louisburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
  • Brookings County
  • Codington County
  • Deuel County
    • County Website:   https://www.deuelcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for Deuel:   Clear Lake (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Burr   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burr.
      • Gary
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gary is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
      • Moritz
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Moritz is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moritz
        • Estimated population in 2011: 13 people
      • Brandt
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Brandt is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandt <3>
      • Astoria
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clear Lake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Altamont
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Altamont is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Tunerville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Tunerville is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunerville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 218 people
      • Toronto
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bemis
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Bemis is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
      • Johnsonville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Johnsonville is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
      • Goodwin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Grant County
  • Hamlin 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burr) 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.