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Nearest Communities to Vining,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Vining 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 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vining. Of these communities, 27 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 Vining (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 Vining

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where Vining resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vining   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vining.
      • Nirvana
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodland Park
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Woodland Park is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Clitherall
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Henning
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Almora
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Almora is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
      • Inglewood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
      • Battle Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Urbank
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Urbank is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Leaf City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Leaf City is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
      • Ottertail
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Parkers Prairie Park
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Parkers Prairie Park is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Prairie Park
      • Parkers Prairie
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (35 more) ...
        • Deer Creek
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Lyman
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Lyman is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
        • Heinola
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Heinola is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
        • Amor
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Basswood
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Phelps
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Phelps is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
        • Wrightstown
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
        • Maine
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Underwood
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Richville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • New York Mills
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Topelius
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Topelius is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
        • Dalton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Richdale
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
        • Bluffton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
        • West Wind Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • West Wind Estates is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
        • Wall Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Wall Lake is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
        • Dent
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • 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>
        • Wadena
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Parkdale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Parkdale is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Perham
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Perham is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <3>
        • Pine Cone Court
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Pine Cone Court is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
        • Grand View Heights
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Grand View Heights is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
        • Lakeview Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Lakeview Estates is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
        • Davies
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Edwards
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Fergus Falls
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Luce
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Luce is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
        • River Bluff Estates
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • River Bluff Estates is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Estates
        • Squier
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Squier is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squier
        • Vergas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Elizabeth
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Butler
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Butler is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Erhard
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Roberts
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Roberts is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • Todd County
  • Wadena County

Footnotes ...

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