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Nearest Communities to Florence,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast 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 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 east 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.

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

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

Florence is located in Lyon County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Lincoln, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Florence. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Florence (which is Lyon 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 Florence

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

  • Lyon County   (where Florence resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Florence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
      • Burchard
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Burchard is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
      • Russell
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Balaton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Lynd
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Garvin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Garvin is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Amiret
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Garvin Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Village Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
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        • Ghent
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Tracy
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Minneota
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Dudley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Dudley is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
        • Taunton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Green Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lincoln.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Ivanhoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Florence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
      • Tyler
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Tyler is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <3>
      • Arco
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Benton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Verdi
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Verdi is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
      • Ivanhoe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilno
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilno is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilno
      • Hendricks
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Murray County
    • County Website:   https://www.murray-countymn.com/
    • County Seat for Murray:   Slayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Florence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
      • Current Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Current Lake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
      • Lowville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lowville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • Lake Wilson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Hadley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Hadley is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
      • The Lakes
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • The Lakes is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
      • Owanka
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Owanka is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
      • Chandler
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Chandler is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Currie
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Slayton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Iona
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dovray
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dovray is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovray
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Avoca
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Avoca is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
      • Wirock
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Wirock is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
  • Nobles County
  • Pipestone County
    • County Website:   https://www.pipestone-county.com/
    • County Seat for Pipestone:   Pipestone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Florence   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
      • Ruthton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Holland
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Holland is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
      • Woodstock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Diamond Corner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Diamond Corner is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Corner
      • Cazenovia
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Cazenovia is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Hatfield
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Hatfield is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Cresson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cresson is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresson
      • Pipestone
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Airlie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Airlie is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
      • Edgerton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Trosky
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Ihlen
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Redwood County
  • Yellow Medicine County
  • Brookings County
  • Moody County

Footnotes ...

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