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Nearest Communities to Okabena,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.<1>

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

Okabena is located in Jackson County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Dickinson (IA), Emmet (IA), Osceola (IA), Cottonwood, Martin, Nobles & Watonwan.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 67 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Okabena. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Jackson 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 Okabena (which is Jackson 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 Okabena

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

  • Jackson County   (where Okabena resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Jackson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Okabena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Okabena.
      • Miloma
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Miloma is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miloma
      • Heron Lake
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
      • Rost
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Rost is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rost
      • Wilder
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakefield
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spafford
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Spafford is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
      • Sioux Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bergen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Bergen is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
      • Jackson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Alpha
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Alpha is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Petersburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cottonwood County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cottonwood.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Cottonwood:   Windom
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Okabena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Okabena.
      • Windom
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Windom is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,403 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <3>
      • Bingham Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Storden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Delft
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Delft is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delft
      • Westbrook
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jeffers
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
      • Mountain Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin County
  • Murray County
  • Nobles County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nobles.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Nobles:   Worthington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Okabena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Okabena.
      • Brewster
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Dundee
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Dundee is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Kinbrae
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Round Lake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Worthington
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pfingsten
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Pfingsten is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfingsten
      • Reading
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Reading is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
      • Org
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bigelow
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Bigelow is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
      • Rushmore
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Rushmore is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
      • Wilmont
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Ransom
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Kilian
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Saint Kilian is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
  • Watonwan County
  • Dickinson County
    • County Website:   https://dickinsoncountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Dickinson:   Spirit Lake (IA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Okabena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Okabena.
      • Lake Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Montgomery
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Montgomery is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Beaches Resort
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Beaches Resort is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaches Resort
      • Triboji Beach
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Triboji Beach is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triboji Beach
      • Orleans
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Orleans is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
      • Egralharve
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Egralharve is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egralharve
      • Spirit Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Manhattan Beach Resort
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Manhattan Beach Resort is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Beach Resort
      • Okoboji
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Crescent Beach Resort
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Crescent Beach Resort is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach Resort
      • Village East Resort
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Village East Resort is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village East Resort
      • Wahpeton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County (IA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
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        • Arnolds Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Crows Nest Resort
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Crows Nest Resort is located in Dickinson County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Resort
        • West Okoboji
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
        • Superior
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Superior is located in Dickinson County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <3>
        • Hagerty
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Hagerty is located in Dickinson County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerty
        • Milford
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Old Town
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Old Town is located in Dickinson County (IA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
  • Osceola 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 from Point A (ie- Okabena) 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.