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Nearest Communities to Normania,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.

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

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

Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yellow Medicine County: Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville & Deuel (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Normania. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Yellow Medicine 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 Normania (which is Yellow Medicine 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 Normania

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

  • Yellow Medicine County   (where Normania resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Normania   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Normania.
      • Spring Creek
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Hazel Run
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Hanley Falls
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Clarkfield
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Saint Leo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Wood Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
      • Lorne
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Valley Courts
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Granite Falls
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Porter
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Echo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
      • Canby
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Canby is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canby <3>
      • Burr
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Normania   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Normania.
      • Wegdahl
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
      • Asbury
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Asbury is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Montevideo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Maynard
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Watson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Churchill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Gluek
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Gluek is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluek
      • Gracelock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
      • Clara City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lac qui Parle County
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Normania   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Normania.
      • Boyd
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Boyd is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyd <3>
      • Providence
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Dawson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Dawson is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <3>
      • Lac qui Parle
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
      • Cerro Gordo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Normania   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Normania.
      • Cottonwood
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Green Valley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Ghent
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Minneota
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Garvin Park
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Taunton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Village Park
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Dudley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Lynd
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Amiret
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Russell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
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        • Balaton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Burchard
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Burchard is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
        • Garvin
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Garvin is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
        • Tracy
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Florence
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Florence is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Normania   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Normania.
      • Milroy
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vesta
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Belview
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Lucan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Seaforth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Delhi
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
  • Renville County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Normania) 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.