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Nearest Communities to Grogan,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 from Grogan.<1>

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

Grogan is located in Watonwan County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Watonwan County: Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson & Martin.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grogan. Of these communities, 70 are located in counties other than Watonwan 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 Grogan (which is Watonwan 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 Grogan

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

  • Watonwan County   (where Grogan resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.watonwan.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Watonwan:   Saint James
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grogan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grogan.
      • La Salle
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • La Salle is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Saint James
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tenmile Corner
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Tenmile Corner is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
      • Saint James Place
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint James Place is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James Place
      • Madelia
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Godahl
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
      • Lewisville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
      • South Branch
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • South Branch is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch
      • Echols
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Echols is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
      • Sveadahl
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Sveadahl is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadahl
      • Butterfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
      • Odin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Darfur
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Darfur is located in Watonwan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darfur
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Blue Earth County
  • Brown County
  • Cottonwood County
  • Faribault County
  • Jackson County
  • Martin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Martin:   Fairmont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grogan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grogan.
      • Truman
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Truman is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
      • Ormsby
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Ormsby is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
      • Nashville Center
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Nashville Center is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Center
      • Trimont
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Northrop
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Fairmont Estates
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Fairmont Estates is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Estates
      • Fox Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Fox Lake is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Welcome
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Granada
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairmont
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Imogene
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Imogene is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imogene
      • Sherburn
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Nicollet County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nicollet.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Nicollet:   Saint Peter
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grogan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grogan.
      • Courtland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Klossner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Klossner is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klossner
      • Nicollet Landing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Nicollet Landing is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicollet Landing
      • Nicollet
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint George
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Saint George is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
      • Kerns
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Kerns is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Avalon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Avalon is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Poor Farm Landing
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
      • Camelot Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Camelot Park is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Park
      • North Mankato
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverbend Estates
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverbend Estates is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend Estates
      • North Star
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • North Star is located in Nicollet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
      • Oshawa
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lafayette
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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- Grogan) 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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