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Nearest Communities to Maine,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Maine.<1>

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

Maine is located in Otter Tail County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otter Tail County: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Todd, Wadena & Wilkin.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Maine. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Otter Tail 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 Maine (which is Otter Tail 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 Maine

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where Maine resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Maine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Maine.
      • Phelps
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Phelps is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
      • Amor
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Basswood
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Basswood is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
      • Inglewood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Inglewood is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
      • Edwards
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Underwood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Dent
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Dent is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dent <3>
      • Battle Lake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Richville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wall Lake
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wall Lake is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
      • Ottertail
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Clitherall
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (41 more) ...
        • Lakeview Estates
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Lakeview Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
        • Nirvana
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Erhard
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Erhard is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erhard
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erhard <3>
        • Woodland Park
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Woodland Park is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
        • Fergus Falls
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Parkdale
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Parkdale is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Elizabeth
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Leaf City
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Leaf City is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
        • Vergas
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Vergas is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vergas
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vergas <3>
        • Pine Cone Court
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Cone Court is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
        • Pelican Rapids
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Vining
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • River Bluff Estates
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • River Bluff Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Estates
        • Perham
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Perham is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <3>
        • Dalton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Henning
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Henning is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henning
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henning <3>
        • Luce
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Luce is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
        • Richdale
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Richdale is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
        • Carlisle
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Carlisle is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
        • Heinola
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Heinola is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
        • Grand View Heights
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Grand View Heights is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
        • Dunvilla
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Dunvilla is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunvilla
        • French
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • French is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
        • New York Mills
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Squier
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Squier is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squier
        • Rothsay
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Rothsay is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsay
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rothsay <3>
        • Deer Creek
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Clear View
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Clear View is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
        • Norwegian Grove
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Norwegian Grove is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
        • Roberts
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Roberts is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
        • Almora
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Almora is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
        • Urbank
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Urbank is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
        • Topelius
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Topelius is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
        • Western
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Bluffton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Bluffton is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
        • Lyman
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Lyman is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
        • Davies
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • West Wind Estates
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • West Wind Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
        • Butler
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Butler is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Parkers Prairie Park
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Parkers Prairie Park is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Prairie Park
        • Parkers Prairie
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Becker County
  • Clay County
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • Wilkin 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maine) 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.