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Nearest Communities to Morton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Morton.<1>

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

Morton is located in Renville County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Renville County: Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Morton. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Renville 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 Morton (which is Renville 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 Morton

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

  • Renville County   (where Morton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.renvillecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Renville:   Olivia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morton.
      • Beaver Falls
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Beaver Falls is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Falls
      • Franklin
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Bechyn
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Bechyn is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bechyn
      • Countryview Estates
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Fairfax
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bird Island
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Olivia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Danube
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hector
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Renville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Churchill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchill is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Sacred Heart
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeside
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakeside is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   New Ulm
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morton.
      • Evan
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Evan is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Cobden
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Cobden is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Springfield
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Sleepy Eye
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Leavenworth
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Leavenworth is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavenworth
      • Essig
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Iberia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Iberia is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
      • Dotson
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Dotson is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
      • Stark
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Stark is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
      • Traulich Estates
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Traulich Estates is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traulich Estates
      • Comfrey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • New Ulm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chippewa County
  • Kandiyohi County
    • County Website:   https://www.kcmn.us/
    • County Seat for Kandiyohi:   Willmar
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morton.
      • Blomkest
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
      • Lake Lillian
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Roseland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Roseland is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Prinsburg
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Prinsburg is located in Kandiyohi County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prinsburg
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County
  • Nicollet County
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Morton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Morton.
      • North Redwood
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
      • Redwood Falls
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Gilfillan
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
      • Morgan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Morgan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
      • Delhi
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Clements
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Clements is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Rowena
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Rowena is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Wabasso
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Belview
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Seaforth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Wanda
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Vesta
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Lucan
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Sanborn
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Lamberton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Revere
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Milroy
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Sibley County
  • Yellow Medicine 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morton) 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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