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Nearest Communities to Fairfield,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Fairfield.<1>

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

Fairfield is located in Swift County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Swift County: Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope & Stevens.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fairfield. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Swift 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 Fairfield (which is Swift 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 Fairfield

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

  • Swift County   (where Fairfield resides)
    • County Website:   https://swiftcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Swift:   Benson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairfield.
      • Holloway
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Holloway is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Appleton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Danvers
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Danvers is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Clontarf
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Benson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • De Graff
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • De Graff is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Swift Falls
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Swift Falls is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
      • Murdock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Murdock is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
  • Big Stone County
    • County Website:   https://bigstonecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Big Stone:   Ortonville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairfield.
      • Artichoke
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Artichoke is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artichoke
      • Correll
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Correll is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Odessa
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Johnson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Johnson is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Clinton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cashtown
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cashtown is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
      • Ortonville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lagoona Beach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Lagoona Beach is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagoona Beach
      • Graceville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Stone Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Big Stone Colony is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Colony
      • Barry
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Barry is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairfield.
      • Hagan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Hagan is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
      • Milan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Big Bend City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
      • Churchill
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Watson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Gracelock
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • Lac qui Parle County
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairfield.
      • Louisburg
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
      • Bellingham
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
      • Cerro Gordo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
      • Lac qui Parle
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
      • Rosen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Rosen is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosen
      • Madison
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
      • Haydenville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
  • Pope County
    • County Website:   https://www.popecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Pope:   Glenwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairfield.
      • Cyrus
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • New Prairie ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • New Prairie is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prairie
      • Starbuck
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Farwell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Farwell is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Stevens County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.stevens.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Stevens:   Morris
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairfield.
      • Hancock
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alberta
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Alberta is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Morris
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Chokio
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Donnelly
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Donnelly is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
  • Traverse County
  • Grant County
  • Roberts 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 from Point A (ie- Fairfield) 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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