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Nearest Communities to Morrill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 starting from Morrill.<1>

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

Morrill is located in Morrison 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 95 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Morrill. Of these communities, 71 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 Morrill (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 Morrill

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

  • Morrison County   (where Morrill resides)
    • County Website:   https://morrisoncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Morrison:   Little Falls
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morrill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morrill.
      • Ramey
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Little Rock
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Little Rock is located in Morrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
      • Buckman
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Buckman is located in Morrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckman
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Genola
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Genola is located in Morrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Pierz
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pierz is located in Morrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierz
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierz <3>
      • Hillman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lastrup
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Vawter
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Vawter is located in Morrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
      • Royalton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Freedhem
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Freedhem is located in Morrison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedhem
      • North Prairie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Harding
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.benton.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Foley
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morrill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morrill.
      • Brennyville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Brennyville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennyville
      • North Benton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • North Benton is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
      • Jakeville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Jakeville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakeville
      • Gilman
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Fruitville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Fruitville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
      • Ronneby
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ronneby is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronneby
      • Mayhew
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Mayhew is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
      • Foley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Popple Creek
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Popple Creek is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple Creek
      • Oak Park
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockwood Estates
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockwood Estates is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Estates
      • Parent
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Parent is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Rice
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Rice is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rice <3>
        • Watab
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Duelm
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Evergreen Village
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
        • Sauk Rapids
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Glendorado
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Glendorado is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendorado
        • Sherwood Manor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Sherwood Manor is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor
  • Crow Wing County
  • Isanti County
  • Kanabec County
  • Mille Lacs County
    • County Website:   https://www.millelacs.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Mille Lacs:   Milaca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morrill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morrill.
      • Foreston
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Page
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Page is located in Mille Lacs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
      • Johnsdale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Johnsdale is located in Mille Lacs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsdale
      • Milaca
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Milaca is located in Mille Lacs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milaca
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milaca <3>
      • Estes Brook
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pease
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Bock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Bock is located in Mille Lacs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bock <3>
      • Onamia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodward Brook
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodward Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Brook
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Brickton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Brickton is located in Mille Lacs County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickton
        • Vineland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
        • Cove
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Cove is located in Mille Lacs County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
        • Bayview
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Bayview is located in Mille Lacs County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
        • Princeton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wahkon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sherburne County
  • Stearns County
  • 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morrill) 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.