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Nearest Communities to Nimrod,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Nimrod is located in Wadena County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wadena County: Becker, Cass, Hubbard, Otter Tail & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 65 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nimrod. Of these communities, 57 are located in counties other than Wadena 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 Nimrod (which is Wadena 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 Nimrod

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

  • Wadena County   (where Nimrod resides)
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nimrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nimrod.
      • Poplar
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Poplar is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Ellis
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Leader
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Leader is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
      • Graff
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Graff is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
      • Oshawa
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Oshawa is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
      • Backus
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mildred
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Mildred is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Casino
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
      • Bridgeman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • Pine River
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Chickamaw Beach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Lake Shore
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
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        • Hackensack
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • East Gull Lake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pillager
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pontoria
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Pontoria is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoria
        • Sylvan
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Sylvan is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nimrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nimrod.
      • Jenkins
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Pequot Lakes
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Nisswa
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Nisswa is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisswa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nisswa <3>
      • Pequot Terrace
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Pequot Terrace is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Terrace
      • Lakewood Court
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Lakewood Court is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Court
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nimrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nimrod.
      • Horton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Horton is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
      • Hubbard
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Badoura
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Badoura is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
      • Chamberlain
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
      • Park Estates
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Park Estates is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Estates
      • Park Rapids
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorset
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Nevis
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Akeley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Deer Lane
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
      • Emmaville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
  • Morrison County
  • Otter Tail County
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nimrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nimrod.
      • Wadena
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillview
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Hillview is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
      • Bluffton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • West Wind Estates
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • West Wind Estates is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
      • Davies
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Topelius
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Topelius is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
      • Butler
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Butler is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • New York Mills
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Deer Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lyman is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Heinola
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Heinola is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
      • Richdale
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
      • Wrightstown
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
      • Grand View Heights
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Grand View Heights is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
  • Todd County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nimrod) 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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