Nearest Communities to Vawter,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vawter, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vawter:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Vawter 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 96 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vawter. Of these communities, 69 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 Vawter (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 Vawter
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Morrison County (where Vawter resides)
- County Website: https://morrisoncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Morrison: Little Falls
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Gregory
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Royalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buckman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buckman is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Genola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Genola is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Little Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Leaf Court
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Leaf Court is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Leaf Court
- Pierz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Prairie is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
- Little Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Bowlus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Prairie is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
- Freedhem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Freedhem is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedhem
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- Camp Ripley Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Camp Ripley Junction is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ripley Junction
- Sobieski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sobieski is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobieski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Lastrup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elmdale is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Morrill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morrill is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Flensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Flensburg is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Ramey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ramey is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Platte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Platte is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
- Harding
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harding is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Randall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upsala
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Swanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cushing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Benton County
- County Website: https://www.co.benton.mn.us/
- County Seat for Benton: Foley
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Rice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockwood Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rockwood Estates is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Estates
- Fruitville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Mayhew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mayhew is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Watab
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Watab is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watab
- Jakeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jakeville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakeville
- Brennyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brennyville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennyville
- North Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Benton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
- Gilman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Popple Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Popple Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple Creek
- Sauk Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
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- Parent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parent is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
- Foley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sherwood Manor is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor
- Ronneby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ronneby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronneby
- Oak Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Duelm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duelm is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duelm
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Walker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Pillager
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- 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 Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Fort Ripley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saint Mathias
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
- Shephard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shephard is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shephard
- Lennox
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lennox is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
- Crow Wing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
- Barrows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barrows is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows
- Pine Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Center is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Center
- Baxter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brainerd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Meadow View Manor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Meadow View Manor is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Manor
- Mille Lacs County
- County Website: https://www.millelacs.mn.gov/
- County Seat for Mille Lacs: Milaca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Johnsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Johnsdale is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsdale
- Page
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Page is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Foreston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Onamia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vineland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Milaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Estes Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Sherburne County
- County Website: https://www.co.sherburne.mn.us/
- County Seat for Sherburne: Elk River
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
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- Cable
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cable is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- 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 Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Opole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Opole is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opole
- Saint Stephen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
- Holdingford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Wendel is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Saint Francis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francis is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
- Evergreen Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Hi-Vue Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hi-Vue Park is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hi-Vue Park
- Sartell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Anna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anna is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anna
- Five Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Collegeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
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- Saint Anthony
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Riverview Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riverview Park is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
- Saint Cloud
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waite Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Rosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Rosa is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Freeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Jacobs Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacobs Prairie is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Prairie
- Todd County
- County Website: https://www.co.todd.mn.us/
- County Seat for Todd: Long Prairie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vawter ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vawter.
- Burtrum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pillsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pillsbury is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
- Grey Eagle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Shore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Shore is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Pleasant Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Beach is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Beach
- Ward Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ward Springs is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Springs
- Long Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Round Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Round Prairie is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Spaulding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spaulding is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vawter) 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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