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Nearest Communities to Ellis,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 from Ellis.<1>

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

Ellis is located in Cass County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Aitkin, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Morrison, Todd & Wadena.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ellis. Of these communities, 54 are located in counties other than Cass 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 Ellis (which is Cass 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 Ellis

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

  • Cass County   (where Ellis resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Leader
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Leader is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
      • Poplar
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Poplar is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Graff
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Graff is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
      • Casino
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
      • Bridgeman
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • Lake Shore
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Pillager
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Gull Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sylvan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Sylvan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Mildred
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Mildred is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Pine River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oshawa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Oshawa is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Chickamaw Beach
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
        • Backus
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Hackensack
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Pontoria
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Pontoria is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoria
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Nisswa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Nisswa is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisswa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nisswa <3>
      • Pequot Lakes
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Pequot Terrace
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Pequot Terrace is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Terrace
      • Jenkins
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Hubert
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Lake Hubert is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hubert
      • Breezy Point
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Baxter
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Baxter is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,483 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <3>
      • Legionville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
      • Lakewood Court
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakewood Court is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Court
      • Merrifield
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Barrows
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Barrows is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows
      • Crow Wing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Lennox
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Lennox is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
        • Brainerd
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Meadow View Manor
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Meadow View Manor is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Manor
        • Fort Ripley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Crosslake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Swanburg
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Swanburg is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanburg
        • Saint Mathias
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
        • Loerch
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Loerch is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loerch
        • Woodrow
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Woodrow is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
        • Manhattan Beach
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Badoura
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Badoura is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
      • Hubbard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Chamberlain
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
      • Horton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Horton is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
  • Morrison County
  • Otter Tail County
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellis.
      • Wadena
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bluffton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • West Wind Estates
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • West Wind Estates is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
      • Hillview
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Hillview is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
      • Lyman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lyman is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Wrightstown
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
      • Topelius
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Topelius is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
      • Davies
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Deer Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Todd County
  • Wadena County

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- Ellis) 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.