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Nearest Communities to Porter,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Porter.<1>

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

Porter 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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Porter. Of these communities, 40 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 Porter (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 Porter

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

  • Yellow Medicine County   (where Porter resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Porter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Porter.
      • Saint Leo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Canby
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • 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
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
      • Spring Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Normania
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
      • Clarkfield
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazel Run
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • 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
        (27 miles [43.5 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
      • Lorne
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
  • Chippewa County
  • Lac qui Parle County
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Porter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Porter.
      • Providence
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Boyd
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Dawson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Madison
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
      • Haydenville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
      • Lac qui Parle
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
      • Marietta
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
      • Cerro Gordo
        (29 miles [46.7 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 Porter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Porter.
      • Taunton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Minneota
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ghent
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Lynd
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Garvin Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottonwood
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Russell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Village Park
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Dudley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Burchard
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Burchard is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
      • Florence
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Florence is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Brookings County
  • Deuel County
    • County Website:   https://www.deuelcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for Deuel:   Clear Lake (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Porter   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Porter.
      • Gary
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Gary is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
      • Astoria
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Brandt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Brandt is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandt <3>
      • Moritz
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Moritz is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moritz
        • Estimated population in 2011: 13 people
      • Toronto
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Clear Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Altamont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Altamont is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Tunerville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Tunerville is located in Deuel County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunerville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 218 people

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Porter) 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.