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Nearest Communities to Lincoln,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Lincoln is primarily located in Morrison County. A portion of Lincoln extends into Todd County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morrison County: Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Stearns & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lincoln. Of these communities, 55 are located in counties other than Morrison 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 Lincoln (which is Morrison 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 Lincoln

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

  • Morrison County   (where Lincoln resides)
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lincoln   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lincoln.
      • Pillager
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • Sylvan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sylvan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Casino
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
      • East Gull Lake
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ellis
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Leader
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Leader is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
      • Lake Shore
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Graff
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Graff is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
      • Poplar
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Poplar is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lincoln   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lincoln.
      • Fort Ripley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lennox
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Lennox is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
      • Crow Wing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
      • Saint Mathias
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
      • Barrows
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Barrows is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows
      • Baxter
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Baxter is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,483 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <3>
      • Brainerd
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow View Manor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Meadow View Manor is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Manor
      • Shephard
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Shephard is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shephard
      • Nisswa
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Nisswa is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisswa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nisswa <3>
      • Legionville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
      • Lake Hubert
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lake Hubert is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hubert
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Pequot Terrace
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Pequot Terrace is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Terrace
        • Merrifield
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Woodrow
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Woodrow is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
        • Loerch
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Loerch is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loerch
        • Pequot Lakes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas County
  • Otter Tail County
  • Todd County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.todd.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Todd:   Long Prairie
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lincoln   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lincoln.
      • Philbrook
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Staples
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Browerville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Browerville is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Clarissa
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pillsbury
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Long Prairie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Bend
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bertha
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Hewitt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Hewitt is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Burtrum
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Clotho
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Gutches Grove
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Gutches Grove is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gutches Grove
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Round Prairie
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Round Prairie is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
        • Grey Eagle
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Little Sauk
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Little Sauk is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sauk
        • North Shore
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • North Shore is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
        • Ward Springs
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Ward Springs is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Springs
        • Pleasant Beach
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Pleasant Beach is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Beach
  • Wadena County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lincoln) 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.