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Nearest Communities to Nirvana,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Nirvana.<1>

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

Nirvana 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 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nirvana. Of these communities, 24 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 Nirvana (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 Nirvana

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where Nirvana resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nirvana   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nirvana.
      • Woodland Park
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Woodland Park is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Vining
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Clitherall
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Inglewood
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Inglewood is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
      • Battle Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Henning
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Ottertail
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Almora
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Almora is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
      • Leaf City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Leaf City is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
      • Amor
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Urbank
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Urbank is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Basswood
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Basswood is also located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
      • Continue List   (38 more) ...
        • Phelps
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Phelps is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
        • Underwood
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Deer Creek
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Heinola
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Heinola is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
        • Maine
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Parkers Prairie Park
          (14 miles [22.5 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
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Richville
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Lyman
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Lyman is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
        • Dalton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Wrightstown
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Wrightstown is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
        • Wall Lake
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Wall Lake is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
        • Dent
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • 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>
        • Richdale
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Richdale is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
        • New York Mills
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Topelius
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Topelius is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
        • Bluffton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Bluffton is also 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 northeast)
          • West Wind Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
        • Parkdale
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Parkdale is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Perham
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • 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>
        • Pine Cone Court
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Pine Cone Court is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
        • Edwards
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Lakeview Estates
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Lakeview Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
        • Grand View Heights
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Grand View Heights is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
        • Wadena
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Fergus Falls
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Davies
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Squier
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Squier is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squier
        • River Bluff Estates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • River Bluff Estates is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Estates
        • Luce
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Luce is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
        • Vergas
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • 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>
        • Elizabeth
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Erhard
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • 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>
        • Carlisle
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Carlisle is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
        • French
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • French is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
        • Roberts
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Roberts is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
        • Butler
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Butler is also located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Western
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • Todd County
  • Wadena 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 from Point A (ie- Nirvana) 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.