Nearest Communities to Madison,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Madison, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Madison:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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.
Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County and is the County Seat.
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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Madison. Of these communities, 38 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 Madison (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 Madison
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lac qui Parle County (where Madison resides)
- County Website: https://lqpco.com/
- County Seat for Lac qui Parle: Madison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Haydenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
- Cerro Gordo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Dawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bellingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Louisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Marietta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Nassau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lac qui Parle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
- Rosen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosen is located in Lac qui Parle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosen
- Boyd
(17 miles [27.4 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 Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Correll
(15 miles [24.1 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cashtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cashtown is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Ortonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Artichoke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Artichoke is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artichoke
- Lagoona Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lagoona Beach is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagoona Beach
- Chippewa County
- County Website: https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
- County Seat for Chippewa: Montevideo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Churchill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Churchill is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Watson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Big Bend City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
- Hagan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hagan is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
- Montevideo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wegdahl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
- Gracelock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://www.lyonco.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Marshall
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- Taunton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Swift County
- County Website: https://swiftcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Swift: Benson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Appleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holloway
(20 miles [32.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Danvers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danvers is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Yellow Medicine County
- County Website: https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
- County Seat for Yellow Medicine: Granite Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Canby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Canby is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canby <3>
- Burr
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Saint Leo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Clarkfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Porter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Spring Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Hazel Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Deuel County
- County Website: https://www.deuelcountysd.com/
- County Seat for Deuel: Clear Lake (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Gary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moritz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moritz is located in Deuel County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moritz
- Estimated population in 2011: 13 people
- Tunerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tunerville is located in Deuel County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunerville
- Estimated population in 2014: 218 people
- Altamont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Altamont is located in Deuel County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Clear Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grant County
- County Website: https://grantcounty.sd.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Milbank (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Albee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Albee is located in Grant County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Revillo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Big Stone City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- LaBolt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Milbank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strandburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stockholm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Madison) 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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