Nearest Communities to Clarkfield,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Clarkfield, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Clarkfield:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Clarkfield.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Clarkfield 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 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clarkfield. Of these communities, 38 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 Clarkfield (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 Clarkfield
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Yellow Medicine County (where Clarkfield resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
- County Seat for Yellow Medicine: Granite Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkfield.
- Spring Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Hazel Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Normania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
- Lorne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
- Hanley Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Granite Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Courts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
- Saint Leo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Wood Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Porter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Echo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Canby
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Burr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Chippewa County
- County Website: https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
- County Seat for Chippewa: Montevideo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkfield.
- Wegdahl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
- Montevideo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Asbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Watson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Maynard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gluek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gluek is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluek
- Gracelock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Big Bend City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
- Hagan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hagan is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
- Clara City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bunde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunde is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunde
- Louriston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Louriston is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louriston
- Lac qui Parle County
- County Website: https://lqpco.com/
- County Seat for Lac qui Parle: Madison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkfield.
- Boyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Lac qui Parle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
- Dawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Cerro Gordo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
- Haydenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.co.lincoln.mn.us/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Ivanhoe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- Wilno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilno is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilno
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://www.lyonco.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Marshall
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkfield.
- Cottonwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minneota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Taunton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ghent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garvin Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Village Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Village Park is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
- Dudley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Lynd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Redwood County
- County Website: https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
- County Seat for Redwood: Redwood Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkfield.
- Belview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belview is located in Redwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Vesta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vesta is located in Redwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Milroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Renville County
- County Website: https://www.renvillecountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Renville: Olivia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clarkfield.
- Sacred Heart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Renville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Swift County
- County Website: https://swiftcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Swift: Benson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Clarkfield ...
- Appleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
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- Clarkfield) 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. |
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