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Nearest Communities to Deer Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Deer Creek is located in Otter Tail County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otter Tail County: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Todd, Wadena & Wilkin.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Deer Creek. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Otter Tail 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 Deer Creek (which is Otter Tail 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 Deer Creek

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where Deer Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Deer Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Deer Creek.
      • Lyman
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lyman is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Topelius
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Topelius is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
      • Bluffton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bluffton is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • West Wind Estates
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • West Wind Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
      • Heinola
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Heinola is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
      • Leaf City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Leaf City is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
      • Henning
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Henning is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henning
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henning <3>
      • Wadena
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • New York Mills
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Almora
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Almora is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
      • Wrightstown
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Wrightstown is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
      • Woodland Park
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodland Park is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Ottertail
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Richdale
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Richdale is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
        • Vining
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Davies
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Nirvana
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Richville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Parkers Prairie Park
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Parkers Prairie Park is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Prairie Park
        • Parkers Prairie
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Clitherall
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Inglewood
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Inglewood is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
        • Grand View Heights
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Grand View Heights is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
        • Perham
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Perham is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <3>
        • Basswood
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Basswood is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Pine Cone Court
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Pine Cone Court is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
        • Butler
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Butler is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Hillview
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Hillview is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
        • Urbank
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Urbank is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
        • Amor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Battle Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Dent
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Dent is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dent <3>
        • Maine
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Phelps
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Phelps is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
        • Luce
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Luce is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
        • Underwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Vergas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Vergas is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vergas
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vergas <3>
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
  • Douglas County
  • Hubbard County
  • Todd County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.todd.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Todd:   Long Prairie
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Deer Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Deer Creek.
      • Hewitt
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Hewitt is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Bertha
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagle Bend
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Staples
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Clarissa
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Clotho
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Philbrook
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Browerville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Browerville is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Wadena County

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- Deer Creek) 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.