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Nearest Communities to Rowena,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Rowena.<1>

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

Rowena is located in Redwood County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Redwood County: Brown, Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray, Renville & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rowena. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Redwood 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 Rowena (which is Redwood 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 Rowena

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

  • Redwood County   (where Rowena resides)
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rowena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rowena.
      • Clements
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Clements is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Wanda
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wabasso
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Gilfillan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
      • Seaforth
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Morgan
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Morgan is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
      • Redwood Falls
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • North Redwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
      • Sanborn
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lamberton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lucan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Delhi
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Vesta
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Vesta is located in Redwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
        • Revere
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Belview
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Belview is located in Redwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
        • Walnut Grove
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Milroy
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   New Ulm
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rowena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rowena.
      • Springfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Evan
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Evan is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Cobden
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cobden is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Dotson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Dotson is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
      • Leavenworth
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Leavenworth is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavenworth
      • Sleepy Eye
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Comfrey
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Iberia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Iberia is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
      • Stark
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Stark is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
      • Essig
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Cottonwood County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cottonwood.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Cottonwood:   Windom
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rowena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rowena.
      • Jeffers
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
      • Storden
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Storden is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Westbrook
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Delft
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Delft is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delft
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rowena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rowena.
      • Tracy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dudley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Amiret
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Cottonwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Murray County
  • Nicollet County
  • Renville County
    • County Website:   https://www.renvillecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Renville:   Olivia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rowena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rowena.
      • Morton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Beaver Falls
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Beaver Falls is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Falls
      • Franklin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bechyn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Bechyn is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bechyn
      • Countryview Estates
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
      • Fairfax
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Danube
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Olivia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Renville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bird Island
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sacred Heart
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Watonwan County
  • Yellow Medicine 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- Rowena) 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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