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Nearest Communities to Garden City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Garden City.<1>

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

Garden City is located in Blue Earth County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blue Earth County: Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Waseca & Watonwan.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 93 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Garden City. Of these communities, 68 are located in counties other than Blue Earth 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 Garden City (which is Blue Earth 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 Garden City

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

  • Blue Earth County   (where Garden City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.blueearthcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Blue Earth:   Mankato
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garden City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garden City.
      • Lake Crystal
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rapidan
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vernon Center
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
      • Good Thunder
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • LeHillier
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • LeHillier is located in Blue Earth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeHillier
      • Skyline
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
      • Perth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Perth is located in Blue Earth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
      • Beauford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Judson
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Butternut
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Butternut is located in Blue Earth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
      • Sterling Center
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sterling Center is located in Blue Earth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Center
      • Amboy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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        • Willow Creek
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Belle Haven
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Belle Haven is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
        • Mankato
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Mankato is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,435 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mankato <3>
        • Benning
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Benning is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benning
        • Mapleton
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Clair
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Eagle Lake Regency
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Eagle Lake Regency is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake Regency
        • Eagle Lake
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cambria
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Cambria is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
        • Pemberton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
        • Smiths Mill
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Smiths Mill is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
        • Madison Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Hill Manor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Pleasant Hill Manor is located in Blue Earth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Manor
  • Brown County
  • Faribault County
  • Le Sueur County
  • Martin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Martin:   Fairmont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garden City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garden City.
      • Nashville Center
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Nashville Center is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Center
      • Truman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Truman is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
      • Northrop
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Granada
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Imogene
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Imogene is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imogene
      • Fairmont Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fairmont Estates is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Estates
      • Ormsby
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ormsby is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Nicollet County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nicollet.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Nicollet:   Saint Peter
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garden City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garden City.
      • Riverbend Estates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverbend Estates is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend Estates
      • Kerns
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Kerns is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Avalon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Avalon is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Camelot Park
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Camelot Park is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Park
      • North Mankato
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicollet
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Nicollet Landing
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Nicollet Landing is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicollet Landing
      • North Star
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • North Star is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
      • Oshawa
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Courtland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Poor Farm Landing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
      • Traverse
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Traverse is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Saint Peter
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • New Sweden
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Norseland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Norseland is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
        • Klossner
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Klossner is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klossner
        • Bernadotte
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Bernadotte is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
        • Lafayette
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Saint George
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Saint George is located in Nicollet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
  • Sibley County
  • Waseca County
  • Watonwan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.watonwan.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Watonwan:   Saint James
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garden City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garden City.
      • Madelia
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Tenmile Corner
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Tenmile Corner is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
      • Lewisville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
      • Grogan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • La Salle
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • La Salle is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • South Branch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • South Branch is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch
      • Godahl
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
      • Saint James
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Saint James Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Saint James Place is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James Place
      • Echols
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Echols is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
      • Sveadahl
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Sveadahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadahl

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Garden City) 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.