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Nearest Communities to Essig,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Essig 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 79 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Essig. Of these communities, 65 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 Essig (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 Essig

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

  • Brown County   (where Essig resides)
  • Blue Earth County
  • Cottonwood County
  • McLeod County
  • Nicollet County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nicollet.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Nicollet:   Saint Peter
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essig.
      • Saint George
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint George is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
      • Klossner
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Klossner is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klossner
      • Courtland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lafayette
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Poor Farm Landing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
      • Bernadotte
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bernadotte is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
      • Nicollet Landing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Nicollet Landing is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicollet Landing
      • Nicollet
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • New Sweden
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Norseland
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Norseland is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
      • Oshawa
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Kerns
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Kerns is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • North Star
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • North Star is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
        • Avalon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Avalon is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
        • North Mankato
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Traverse
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Traverse is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
        • Camelot Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Camelot Park is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Park
        • Riverbend Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Riverbend Estates is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend Estates
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essig.
      • Morgan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Morgan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
      • Gilfillan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
      • Clements
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Clements is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Rowena
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Rowena is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Sanborn
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Redwood Falls
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Redwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wanda
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Renville County
  • Sibley County
  • Watonwan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.watonwan.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Watonwan:   Saint James
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essig.
      • Godahl
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
      • La Salle
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • La Salle is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Sveadahl
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Sveadahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadahl
      • Grogan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Madelia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Darfur
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Darfur is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darfur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Saint James Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Saint James Place is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James Place
      • Saint James
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Tenmile Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Tenmile Corner is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
      • Butterfield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
      • Echols
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Echols is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
      • Lewisville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
      • South Branch
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • 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 from Point A (ie- Essig) 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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