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Nearest Communities to Clontarf,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 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 west 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.<1>

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

Clontarf is located in Swift County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Swift County: Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope & Stevens.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clontarf. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Swift 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 Clontarf (which is Swift 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 Clontarf

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

  • Swift County   (where Clontarf resides)
    • County Website:   https://swiftcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Swift:   Benson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clontarf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clontarf.
      • Benson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Danvers
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Danvers is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Swift Falls
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Swift Falls is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
      • De Graff
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • De Graff is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Holloway
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Holloway is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Fairfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Fairfield is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Murdock
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Murdock is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Appleton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Kerkhoven
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Stone County
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clontarf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clontarf.
      • Big Bend City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
      • Hagan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Hagan is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
      • Milan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Louriston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Louriston is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louriston
      • Gracelock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
      • Watson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Churchill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Gluek
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Gluek is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluek
      • Montevideo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Douglas County
  • Kandiyohi County
    • County Website:   https://www.kcmn.us/
    • County Seat for Kandiyohi:   Willmar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clontarf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clontarf.
      • Sunburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Norway Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Norway Lake is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Lake
      • Pennock
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pennock is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Pope County
    • County Website:   https://www.popecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Pope:   Glenwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clontarf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clontarf.
      • Cyrus
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • New Prairie ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • New Prairie is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prairie
      • Starbuck
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Terrace
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Terrace is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
      • Long Beach
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Long Beach is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
      • Lowry
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Glenwood
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Hill Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Pine Hill Park is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Park
      • Sedan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Sedan is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Farwell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Farwell is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Grove Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Grove Lake is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
      • Villard
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stearns County
  • Stevens County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.stevens.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Stevens:   Morris
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clontarf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clontarf.
      • Hancock
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Morris
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Alberta
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Alberta is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Chokio
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Donnelly
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Donnelly is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clontarf) 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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