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Nearest Communities to Farwell,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Farwell is located in Pope County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pope County: Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Stearns, Stevens, Swift & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Farwell. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Pope 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 Farwell (which is Pope 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 Farwell

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

  • Pope County   (where Farwell resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.popecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Pope:   Glenwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farwell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
      • Lowry
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Prairie ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • New Prairie is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prairie
      • Starbuck
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Long Beach
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Long Beach is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
      • Cyrus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenwood
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Hill Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pine Hill Park is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Park
      • Villard
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Westport
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Westport is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Sedan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sedan is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Terrace
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Terrace is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
      • Grove Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Grove Lake is located in Pope County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://www.douglascountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farwell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
      • Kensington
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Holmes City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Holmes City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes City
      • Forada
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Brandon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Alexandria
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Garfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hiview Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hiview Park is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiview Park
      • Evansville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Nelson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Nelson is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Leaf Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Leaf Valley is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf Valley
      • Carlos
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Melby
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Melby is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melby
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        • Millerville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Millerville is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Osakis
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Belle River
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Belle River is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
        • Miltona
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Spruce Center
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Spruce Center is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Center
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.grant.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Elbow Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farwell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
      • Hoffman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Barrett
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Barrett is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
      • Erdahl
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Erdahl is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdahl
      • Thorsborg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Thorsborg is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsborg
      • Elbow Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashby
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Herman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Herman is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
      • Norcross
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Norcross is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Hereford
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hereford is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
      • Wendell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Otter Tail County
  • Stearns County
  • Stevens County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.stevens.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Stevens:   Morris
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farwell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farwell.
      • Morris
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hancock
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Donnelly
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Donnelly is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
      • Alberta
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Alberta is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Chokio
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Swift County
  • Todd County

Footnotes ...

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