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Nearest Communities to Gluek,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

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.

Gluek is located in Chippewa County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chippewa County: Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gluek. Of these communities, 45 are located in counties other than Chippewa 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 Gluek (which is Chippewa 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 Gluek

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

  • Chippewa County   (where Gluek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gluek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gluek.
      • Clara City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Maynard
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Gracelock
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
      • Louriston
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Louriston is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louriston
      • Asbury
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Asbury is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Bunde
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Bunde is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunde
      • Wegdahl
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
      • Montevideo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Watson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Big Bend City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
      • Hagan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Hagan is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
      • Churchill
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Milan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Kandiyohi County
    • County Website:   https://www.kcmn.us/
    • County Seat for Kandiyohi:   Willmar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gluek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gluek.
      • Raymond
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Prinsburg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Prinsburg is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prinsburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Priam
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Priam is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priam
      • Roseland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Roseland is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Pennock
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Pennock is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
      • Parkwood Estates
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Parkwood Estates is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
      • Blomkest
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
      • Svea
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Svea is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
      • Willmar
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilmar
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilmar is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmar
      • Norway Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Norway Lake is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Lake
      • Sunburg
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Kandiyohi
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kandiyohi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
      • Lake Lillian
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lyon County
  • Redwood County
  • Renville County
  • Swift County
    • County Website:   https://swiftcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Swift:   Benson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gluek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gluek.
      • Murdock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Murdock is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Kerkhoven
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • De Graff
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • De Graff is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Benson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Danvers
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Danvers is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Holloway
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Holloway is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Clontarf
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Swift Falls
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Swift Falls is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
      • Appleton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Yellow Medicine County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gluek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gluek.
      • Granite Falls
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Valley Courts
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Lorne
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Hazel Run
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Hanley Falls
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Clarkfield
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wood Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
      • Echo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • 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>
      • Spring Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Normania
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania

Footnotes ...

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