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Nearest Communities to Dotson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Dotson.<1>

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

Dotson is located in Brown County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brown County: Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville & Watonwan.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dotson. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Brown 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 Dotson (which is Brown 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 Dotson

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

  • Brown County   (where Dotson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   New Ulm
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dotson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dotson.
      • Springfield
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Comfrey
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leavenworth
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Leavenworth is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavenworth
      • Cobden
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cobden is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Evan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Evan is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Iberia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Iberia is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
      • Sleepy Eye
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stark
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Stark is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
      • Essig
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hanska
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Searles
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Searles is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles
      • Traulich Estates
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Traulich Estates is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traulich Estates
      • Linden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Linden is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • New Ulm
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Cottonwood County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cottonwood.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Cottonwood:   Windom
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dotson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dotson.
      • Jeffers
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
      • Delft
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Delft is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delft
      • Mountain Lake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bingham Lake
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Storden
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Storden is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Windom
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Windom is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,403 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <3>
      • Westbrook
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Jackson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dotson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dotson.
      • Wilder
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilder is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Bergen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Bergen is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
      • Heron Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
  • Martin County
  • Murray County
  • Nicollet County
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dotson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dotson.
      • Sanborn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Clements
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Clements is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Wanda
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamberton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Rowena
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Rowena is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Morgan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Morgan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
      • Revere
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Gilfillan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
      • Wabasso
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut Grove
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Redwood Falls
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lucan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Seaforth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Redwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
  • Renville County
  • Watonwan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.watonwan.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Watonwan:   Saint James
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dotson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dotson.
      • Darfur
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Darfur is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darfur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Sveadahl
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sveadahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadahl
      • Butterfield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
      • Godahl
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
      • Saint James Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint James Place is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James Place
      • La Salle
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • La Salle is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Saint James
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Echols
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Echols is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
      • Odin
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Odin is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Grogan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Grogan is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grogan
      • Madelia
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • South Branch
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • South Branch is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch

Footnotes ...

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