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Nearest Communities to Wadena,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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

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

Wadena is primarily located in Otter Tail County and is the County Seat. A portion of Wadena extends into Wadena 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 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wadena. Of these communities, 33 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 Wadena (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 Wadena

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

  • Otter Tail County   (where Wadena resides)
    • County Website:   https://ottertailcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Otter Tail:   Fergus Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadena.
      • West Wind Estates
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • West Wind Estates is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wind Estates
      • Bluffton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Topelius
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Topelius is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topelius
      • Lyman
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Lyman is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Deer Creek
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Wrightstown
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
      • New York Mills
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Heinola
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Heinola is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
      • Davies
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Leaf City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Leaf City is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
      • Henning
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillview
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Hillview is located in Otter Tail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Richdale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
        • Almora
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Almora is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
        • Butler
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Butler is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Ottertail
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Grand View Heights
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Grand View Heights is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
        • Parkers Prairie
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodland Park
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Woodland Park is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
        • Parkers Prairie Park
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Parkers Prairie Park is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Prairie Park
        • Vining
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Perham
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • 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>
        • Nirvana
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Richville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Pine Cone Court
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Pine Cone Court is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
        • Inglewood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
        • Clitherall
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Basswood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Luce
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Luce is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
        • Urbank
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Urbank is located in Otter Tail County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
        • Amor
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Dent
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • 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>
        • Battle Lake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadena.
      • Ellis
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Leader
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Leader is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
      • Poplar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Poplar is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Bridgeman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Bridgeman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
      • Casino
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Casino is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
      • Graff
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Graff is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
  • Douglas County
  • Hubbard County
  • Morrison County
  • Todd County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.todd.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Todd:   Long Prairie
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadena.
      • Hewitt
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Hewitt is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Bertha
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Staples
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Eagle Bend
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Philbrook
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Clarissa
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Browerville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Browerville is located in Todd County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Clotho
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Wadena 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wadena) 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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