Nearest Communities to Padua,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Padua, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Padua:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Padua is located in Stearns County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stearns County: Benton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Pope, Sherburne, Todd & Wright.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Padua. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Stearns 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 Padua (which is Stearns 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 Padua
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Stearns County (where Padua resides)
- County Website: https://www.stearnscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Stearns: Saint Cloud
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Padua.
- Elrosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooten
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brooten is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooten
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Greenwald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meire Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meire Grove is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meire Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Sauk Centre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belgrade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belgrade is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Melrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- New Munich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Georgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Lake Henry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Freeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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- Saint Rosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Rosa is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Saint Martin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Paynesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Farming
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Farming is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farming
- Roscoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Francis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Francis is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Anna is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anna
- Avon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holdingford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Alexandria
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Padua.
- Osakis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Forada
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Alexandria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hiview Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hiview Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiview Park
- Belle River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belle River is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Carlos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes City
- Garfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kandiyohi County
- County Website: https://www.kcmn.us/
- County Seat for Kandiyohi: Willmar
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Padua.
- Regal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Regal is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Sunburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Hawick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawick is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawick
- New London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Norway Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Norway Lake is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Lake
- Spicer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Meeker County
- County Website: https://www.co.meeker.mn.us/
- County Seat for Meeker: Litchfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- Crow River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crow River is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow River
- Morrison County
- County Website: https://morrisoncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Morrison: Little Falls
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Padua.
- Upsala
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pope County
- County Website: https://www.popecountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Pope: Glenwood
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Padua.
- Grove Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove Lake is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Sedan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sedan is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Villard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill Park is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Park
- Terrace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Terrace is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
- Glenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Long Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Long Beach is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Starbuck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lowry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Farwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Farwell is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- New Prairie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Prairie is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prairie
- Swift County
- County Website: https://swiftcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Swift: Benson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- Swift Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Falls is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
- Todd County
- County Website: https://www.co.todd.mn.us/
- County Seat for Todd: Long Prairie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Padua ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Padua.
- West Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Spaulding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spaulding is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Ward Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ward Springs is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Springs
- Little Sauk
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Little Sauk is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sauk
- Pleasant Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Beach is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Beach
- Grey Eagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Shore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Shore is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Round Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Round Prairie is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Gutches Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gutches Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gutches Grove
- Burtrum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clotho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clotho is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clotho
- Pillsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pillsbury is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
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- Padua) 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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