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Nearest Communities to Randall,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 Randall.<1>

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

Randall is located in Morrison County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morrison County: Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Stearns & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Randall. Of these communities, 54 are located in counties other than Morrison 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 Randall (which is Morrison 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 Randall

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

  • Morrison County   (where Randall resides)
  • Benton County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Randall   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Randall.
      • Pillager
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sylvan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Sylvan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Bridgeman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • East Gull Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Casino
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
      • Lake Shore
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ellis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Randall   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Randall.
      • Fort Ripley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lennox
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Lennox is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
      • Saint Mathias
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
      • Crow Wing
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
      • Barrows
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Barrows is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows
      • Baxter
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Baxter is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,483 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <3>
      • Shephard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Shephard is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shephard
      • Brainerd
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow View Manor
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Meadow View Manor is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Manor
      • Legionville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
      • Woodrow
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Woodrow is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Pine Center
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Pine Center is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Center
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Nisswa
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Nisswa is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisswa
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nisswa <3>
        • Loerch
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Loerch is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loerch
        • Lake Hubert
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Lake Hubert is located in Crow Wing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hubert
        • Merrifield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stearns County
    • 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 Randall   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Randall.
      • Saint Francis
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Saint Francis is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
      • Holdingford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Opole
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Saint Rosa
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Saint Rosa is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Saint Anthony
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • Saint Anna
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Saint Anna is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anna
      • Saint Wendel
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Saint Stephen
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
      • Freeport
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Todd County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.todd.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Todd:   Long Prairie
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Randall   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Randall.
      • Pillsbury
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Philbrook
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Burtrum
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Browerville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Browerville is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Long Prairie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Grey Eagle
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarissa
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • North Shore
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • North Shore is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
      • Round Prairie
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Round Prairie is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
      • Staples
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Gutches Grove
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Gutches Grove is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gutches Grove
      • Pleasant Beach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Beach is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Beach
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Little Sauk
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Little Sauk is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sauk
        • Ward Springs
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Ward Springs is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Springs
        • Eagle Bend
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Clotho
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Spaulding
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Spaulding is located in Todd County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
        • Bertha
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wadena 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- Randall) 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.