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Nearest Communities to Cottonwood,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Cottonwood.<1>

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

Cottonwood is located in Lyon County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Lincoln, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cottonwood. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Cottonwood (which is Lyon 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 Cottonwood

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

  • Lyon County   (where Cottonwood resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cottonwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
      • Green Valley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Dudley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Garvin Park
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Ghent
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Marshall
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Village Park
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Minneota
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lynd
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Taunton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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        • Amiret
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Amiret is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
        • Russell
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Russell is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
        • Tracy
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Balaton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Garvin
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Garvin is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
        • Burchard
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Burchard is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cottonwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
      • Asbury
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Asbury is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Wegdahl
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
      • Maynard
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Montevideo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Gluek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Gluek is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluek
      • Watson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bunde
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bunde is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunde
      • Clara City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Churchill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Gracelock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lincoln County
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cottonwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
      • Milroy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Vesta
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Belview
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Lucan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Seaforth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Delhi
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Wabasso
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Redwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
      • Redwood Falls
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Walnut Grove
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rowena
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Rowena is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Revere
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wanda
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Renville County
  • Yellow Medicine County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cottonwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
      • Hanley Falls
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Wood Lake
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
      • Normania
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
      • Hazel Run
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Lorne
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Spring Creek
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Echo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • 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>
      • Valley Courts
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Clarkfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Granite Falls
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Leo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Porter
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Canby
        (30 miles [48.3 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>

Footnotes ...

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