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Nearest Communities to Hancock,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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 from Hancock.<1>

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

Hancock is located in Stevens County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stevens County: Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Swift & Traverse.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hancock. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Stevens 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 Hancock (which is Stevens 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 Hancock

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

  • Stevens County   (where Hancock resides)
  • Big Stone County
    • County Website:   www.bigstonecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Big Stone:   Ortonville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hancock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hancock.
      • Artichoke
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artichoke have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artichoke
        • Artichoke is located in Big Stone County
      • Johnson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Correll
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Correll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
        • Correll is located in Big Stone County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Odessa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
        • Odessa is located in Big Stone County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <3>
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hancock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hancock.
      • Big Bend City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bend City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
        • Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
      • Hagan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
        • Hagan is located in Chippewa County
      • Milan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • Kandiyohi County
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Pope County
    • County Website:   www.mncounties3.org/pope/
    • County Seat for Pope:   Glenwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hancock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hancock.
      • Cyrus
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyrus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
        • Cyrus is located in Pope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cyrus <3>
      • New Prairie ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Starbuck
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Farwell
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
        • Farwell is located in Pope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Lowry
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
        • Lowry is located in Pope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowry <3>
      • Long Beach
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
        • Long Beach is located in Pope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
      • Glenwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Hill Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Hill Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Park
        • Pine Hill Park is located in Pope County
      • Terrace
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
        • Terrace is located in Pope County
      • Sedan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
        • Sedan is located in Pope County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Villard
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Swift County
    • County Website:   www.swiftcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Swift:   Benson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hancock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hancock.
      • Clontarf
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clontarf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clontarf
        • Clontarf is located in Swift County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clontarf <3>
      • Fairfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
        • Fairfield is located in Swift County
      • Danvers
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danvers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
        • Danvers is located in Swift County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Benson
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Holloway
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holloway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
        • Holloway is located in Swift County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Swift Falls
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swift Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
        • Swift Falls is located in Swift County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Swift Falls
        • From Hancock to Swift Falls
      • De Graff
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Graff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
        • De Graff is located in Swift County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Appleton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Murdock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hancock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hancock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4969, Longitude: -95.7965    
<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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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