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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Pelican Rapids 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 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pelican Rapids. Of these communities, 34 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 Pelican Rapids (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 Pelican Rapids

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where Pelican Rapids resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pelican Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pelican Rapids.
      • Erhard
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Dunvilla
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dunvilla is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunvilla
      • Norwegian Grove
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
      • Clear View
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
      • Edwards
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rothsay
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Elizabeth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Vergas
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Carlisle
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Carlisle is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Maine
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dent
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Dent is 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>
      • Lakeview Estates
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Lakeview Estates is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Phelps
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Phelps is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
        • Fergus Falls
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Amor
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • French
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • French is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
        • River Bluff Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • River Bluff Estates is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Estates
        • Wall Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Wall Lake is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
        • Basswood
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Luce
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Luce is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
        • Richville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Underwood
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Pine Cone Court
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Pine Cone Court is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
        • Parkdale
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Parkdale is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Perham
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Perham is 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>
        • Inglewood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
        • Grand View Heights
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Grand View Heights is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
        • Ottertail
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Battle Lake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Roberts
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Roberts is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
        • Richdale
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
        • Dalton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Squier
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Squier is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squier
        • Western
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Clitherall
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Becker County
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   https://claycountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Moorhead
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pelican Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pelican Rapids.
      • Tansem
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Tansem is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
      • Rollag
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Barnesville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Downer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Downer is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
      • Dale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Dale is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Winnipeg Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
      • Hawley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Manitoba Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Manitoba Junction is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
      • Baker
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Muskoda
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hitterdal
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
      • Sabin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Sabin is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Wilkin 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 from Point A (ie- Pelican 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.