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Nearest Communities to Park Rapids,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

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.

Park Rapids is located in Hubbard County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hubbard County: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater & Wadena.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Park Rapids. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Hubbard 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 Park Rapids (which is Hubbard 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 Park Rapids

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

  • Hubbard County   (where Park Rapids resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Park Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Park Rapids.
      • Park Estates
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Park Estates is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Estates
      • Dorset
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hubbard
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Horton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Horton is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
      • Deer Lane
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
      • Nevis
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Emmaville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
      • Arago
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Arago is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
      • Badoura
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Badoura is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
      • Chamberlain
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
      • Akeley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lake George
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Yola
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Yola is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
        • Kabekona Corner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
        • Benedict
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
        • Laporte
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Guthrie
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
        • Becida
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Becida is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Park Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Park Rapids.
      • Oshawa
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Oshawa is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
      • Hackensack
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ah-gwah-ching
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
      • Walker
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Backus
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Onigum
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Onigum is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
      • Baker
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Baker is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Poplar
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Poplar is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Mildred
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Mildred is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Wilkinson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilkinson is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
  • Clearwater County
    • County Website:   https://www.clearwatercountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clearwater:   Bagley
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Park Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Park Rapids.
      • Long Lost Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
        • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
      • Lake Itasca
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Vern
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Vern is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
      • Mallard ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
      • Coffee Pot Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
      • Zerkel
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
  • Otter Tail County
  • Wadena County

Footnotes ...

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