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Nearest Communities to Litchfield,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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.

Litchfield is located in Meeker County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Meeker County: Kandiyohi, McLeod, Renville, Stearns & Wright.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 99 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Litchfield. Of these communities, 78 are located in counties other than Meeker 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 Litchfield (which is Meeker 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 Litchfield

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

  • Meeker County   (where Litchfield resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.meeker.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Meeker:   Litchfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Litchfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Litchfield.
      • Beckville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Beckville is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckville
      • Casey
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Casey is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
      • Darwin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Forest City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Acton is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Strout
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Strout is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strout
      • Grove City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Manannah
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenleaf
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Greenleaf is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
      • Dassel
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • West View Terrace
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • West View Terrace is located in Meeker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Terrace
      • Rosendale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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        • Kingston
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Kingston is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
        • Jennie
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Jennie is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
        • Crow River
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Crow River is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow River
        • Cedar Mills
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Eden Valley
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Corvuso
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Corvuso is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvuso
        • Watkins
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Lamson
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Lamson is located in Meeker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamson
        • Cosmos
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Carver County
  • Kandiyohi County
  • McLeod County
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleodcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for McLeod:   Glencoe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Litchfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Litchfield.
      • Northview Court
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Northview Court is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview Court
      • McDonalds Lakeview Terrace
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hutchinson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • West Lynn
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • West Lynn is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
      • Komensky
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Komensky is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Heatwole
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Heatwole is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatwole
      • Sherman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sherman is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Silver Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Silver Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • South Silver Lake is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Silver Lake
      • Biscay
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Koniska
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Koniska is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koniska
      • Country Acres
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Country Acres is located in McLeod County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Winsted
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Stewart
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Stewart is located in McLeod County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
        • Brownton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Lester Prairie
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sumter
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Anderson Court
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Anderson Court is located in McLeod County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Court
        • Glencoe
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Sunrise Court
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Sunrise Court is located in McLeod County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Court
  • Renville County
  • Stearns County
    • County Website:   https://www.stearnscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Stearns:   Saint Cloud
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Litchfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Litchfield.
      • Kimball Prairie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimball Prairie is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Prairie
      • Kimball
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Nicholas
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Saint Nicholas is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
      • Paynesville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairhaven
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Roscoe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Marty
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Marty is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
      • Richmond
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cold Spring
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Rockville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacobs Prairie
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Jacobs Prairie is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Prairie
      • Saint Martin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Luxemburg
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Luxemburg is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
        • Lake Henry
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
        • Farming
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Farming is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farming
        • Saint Augusta
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Lake
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Pleasant Lake is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
        • Georgeville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Georgeville is located in Stearns County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
  • Wright 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Litchfield) 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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