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Nearest Communities to Tracy,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Tracy.<1>

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

Tracy is located in Lyon County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Lincoln, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood & Yellow Medicine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tracy. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Tracy (which is Lyon 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 Tracy

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

  • Lyon County   (where Tracy resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tracy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tracy.
      • Amiret
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Garvin
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Garvin is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Balaton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Dudley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Village Park
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Garvin Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynd
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Russell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Burchard
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Burchard is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
        • Green Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
        • Florence
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Florence is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
        • Ghent
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Cottonwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Minneota
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottonwood County
  • Lincoln County
  • Murray County
    • County Website:   https://www.murray-countymn.com/
    • County Seat for Murray:   Slayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tracy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tracy.
      • The Lakes
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • The Lakes is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
      • Owanka
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Owanka is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
      • Currie
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Dovray
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lowville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lowville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • Current Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Current Lake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
      • Slayton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Avoca
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Avoca is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
      • Hadley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
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        • Iona
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Lake Wilson
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
        • Lime Creek
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Lime Creek is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
        • Wirock
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Wirock is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
        • Fulda
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Chandler
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Chandler is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
  • Nobles County
  • Pipestone County
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tracy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tracy.
      • Walnut Grove
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Revere
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Milroy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lucan
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamberton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Wanda
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Seaforth
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vesta
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Wabasso
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanborn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rowena
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Rowena is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Clements
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Clements is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Belview
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Yellow Medicine County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tracy) 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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