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Nearest Communities to Garvin Park,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Please note 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.

Garvin Park 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 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Garvin Park. Of these communities, 37 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 Garvin Park (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 Garvin Park

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

  • Lyon County   (where Garvin Park resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garvin Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garvin Park.
      • Marshall
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Village Park
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Dudley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Green Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Lynd
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ghent
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Amiret
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Russell
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Cottonwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Minneota
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Balaton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Garvin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Garvin is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Tracy
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Burchard
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Burchard is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
        • Taunton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Florence
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Florence is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lincoln County
  • Murray County
    • County Website:   https://www.murray-countymn.com/
    • County Seat for Murray:   Slayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garvin Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garvin Park.
      • Current Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Current Lake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
      • The Lakes
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • The Lakes is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
      • Owanka
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Owanka is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
      • Currie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lowville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Lowville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • Dovray
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Dovray is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovray
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Pipestone County
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garvin Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garvin Park.
      • Milroy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lucan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Vesta
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Walnut Grove
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Seaforth
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Belview
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Wabasso
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Revere
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wanda
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lamberton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Delhi
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
  • Yellow Medicine County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Garvin Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Garvin Park.
      • Normania
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
      • Spring Creek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Hanley Falls
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Wood Lake
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
      • Hazel Run
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Echo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
      • Saint Leo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Clarkfield
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lorne
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Porter
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Granite Falls
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Valley Courts
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Canby
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Canby is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canby <3>

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- Garvin Park) 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.