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Nearest Communities to River Bluff Estates,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.

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.


River Bluff Estates 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 67 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of River Bluff Estates. Of these communities, 33 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 River Bluff Estates (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 River Bluff Estates

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where River Bluff Estates resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to River Bluff Estates   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from River Bluff Estates.
      • Fergus Falls
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lakeview Estates
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakeview Estates is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
      • French
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • French is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
      • Parkdale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Parkdale is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Wall Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Wall Lake is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
      • Elizabeth
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Carlisle
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Carlisle is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Roberts
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Roberts is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
      • Western
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Western is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
      • Squier
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Squier is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squier
      • Underwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Dalton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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        • Edwards
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
        • Erhard
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Phelps
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Phelps is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
        • Rothsay
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Maine
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Maine is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
        • Battle Lake
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Amor
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Amor is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amor
        • Pelican Rapids
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Clitherall
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Inglewood
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
        • Norwegian Grove
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
        • Basswood
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Nirvana
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Nirvana is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nirvana
        • Dunvilla
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Dunvilla is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunvilla
        • Dent
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • 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>
        • Vining
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Woodland Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Woodland Park is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
        • Richville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ottertail
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Clear View
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
        • Vergas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Urbank
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Urbank is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Clay County
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.grant.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Elbow Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to River Bluff Estates   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from River Bluff Estates.
      • Wendell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Hereford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Hereford is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
      • Ashby
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Elbow Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Thorsborg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Thorsborg is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsborg
      • Erdahl
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Erdahl is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdahl
      • Barrett
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Barrett is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
      • Norcross
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Norcross is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Traverse County
  • Wilkin County
    • County Website:   https://wilkincounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Wilkin:   Breckenridge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to River Bluff Estates   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from River Bluff Estates.
      • Foxhome
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Foxhome is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
      • Everdell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Everdell is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everdell
      • Campbell
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Campbell is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
      • Nashua
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Nashua is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Doran
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Doran is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doran
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
      • Lawndale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
      • Breckenridge
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Tenney
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Tenney is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
        • Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
      • Childs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Childs is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
      • Brushvale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Brushvale is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushvale
      • Kent
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Kent is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
      • McCauleyville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • McCauleyville is located in Wilkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCauleyville
  • Richland County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.richland.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Richland:   Wahpeton (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to River Bluff Estates   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from River Bluff Estates.
      • Wahpeton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Wahpeton is located in Richland County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <3>
      • Elmore
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Elmore is located in Richland County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Tyler
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Tyler is located in Richland County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Fairmount
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dwight
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Dwight is located in Richland County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
      • Farmington
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Farmington is located in Richland County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington

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- River Bluff Estates) 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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