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Nearest Communities to Louisburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Louisburg.<1>

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

Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lac qui Parle County: Big Stone, Chippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine, Deuel (SD) & Grant (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Louisburg. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Lac qui Parle 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 Louisburg (which is Lac qui Parle 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 Louisburg

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

  • Lac qui Parle County   (where Louisburg resides)
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Louisburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Louisburg.
      • Bellingham
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
      • Madison
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
      • Cerro Gordo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
      • Rosen
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Rosen is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosen
      • Haydenville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
      • Nassau
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <3>
      • Marietta
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
      • Dawson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Dawson is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <3>
      • Lac qui Parle
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
      • Providence
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Boyd
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Boyd is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyd <3>
  • Big Stone County
    • County Website:   https://bigstonecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Big Stone:   Ortonville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Louisburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Louisburg.
      • Correll
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Correll is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Odessa
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Artichoke
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Artichoke is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artichoke
      • Cashtown
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Cashtown is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
      • Ortonville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lagoona Beach
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Lagoona Beach is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagoona Beach
      • Clinton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Johnson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Johnson is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Big Stone Colony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Big Stone Colony is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Colony
      • Foster
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Foster is located in Big Stone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
      • Graceville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Louisburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Louisburg.
      • Milan
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Churchill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Big Bend City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
      • Hagan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Hagan is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
      • Watson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Montevideo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gracelock
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
  • Stevens County
  • Swift County
    • County Website:   https://swiftcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Swift:   Benson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Louisburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Louisburg.
      • Appleton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Holloway
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Holloway is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Fairfield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Fairfield is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Danvers
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Danvers is located in Swift County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Clontarf
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Benson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Yellow Medicine County
  • Deuel County
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://grantcounty.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Milbank (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Louisburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Louisburg.
      • Big Stone City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Albee
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Albee is located in Grant County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Revillo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Milbank
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Milbank is located in Grant County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milbank
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milbank <3>
      • LaBolt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Strandburg
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Twin Brooks
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Stockholm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Roberts County
    • County Website:   https://robertscosd.gov/
    • County Seat for Roberts:   Sisseton (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Louisburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Louisburg.
      • Schmidt Landing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Schmidt Landing is located in Roberts County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt Landing
      • Linden Beach
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Linden Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
      • Shady Beach
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Shady Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
      • Hartford Beach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hartford Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford Beach
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Louisburg) 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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