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Nearest Communities to Saint Leo,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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

Saint Leo 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Saint Leo. Of these communities, 36 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 Saint Leo (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 Saint Leo

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

  • Yellow Medicine County   (where Saint Leo resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Leo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Leo.
      • Porter
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Spring Creek
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Canby
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • 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>
      • Normania
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
      • Clarkfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Burr
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
      • Hazel Run
        (16 miles [25.7 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
        (21 miles [33.8 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
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Granite Falls
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Valley Courts
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Wood Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Leo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Leo.
      • Churchill
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Montevideo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Watson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Wegdahl
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
      • Asbury
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Asbury is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Milan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Lac qui Parle County
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Leo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Leo.
      • Providence
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Boyd
        (11 miles [17.7 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
        (14 miles [22.5 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>
      • Lac qui Parle
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Lac qui Parle is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac qui Parle
      • Madison
        (21 miles [33.8 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
      • Cerro Gordo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
      • Haydenville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
      • Marietta
        (27 miles [43.5 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
      • Nassau
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <3>
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saint Leo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saint Leo.
      • Taunton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Minneota
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Ghent
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Cottonwood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Garvin Park
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lynd
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Village Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Dudley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Russell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
  • Deuel County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Leo) 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.