Nearest Communities to Wall Lake,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wall Lake, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wall Lake:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
Keep in mind 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.
Wall Lake 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 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wall Lake. Of these communities, 26 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 Wall Lake (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 Wall Lake
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otter Tail County (where Wall Lake resides)
- County Website: https://ottertailcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Otter Tail: Fergus Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall Lake.
- Underwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parkdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Lakeview Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Fergus Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- River Bluff Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- River Bluff Estates is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Estates
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Phelps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phelps is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Edwards
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Elizabeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maine is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- Squier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Squier is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squier
- French
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- French is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Roberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Amor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amor is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amor
- Erhard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Western
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Western is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Clitherall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Inglewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Inglewood is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
- Basswood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Nirvana
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nirvana is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nirvana
- Rothsay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vining
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodland Park is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Pelican Rapids
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ottertail
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Urbank
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Urbank is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Henning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leaf City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leaf City is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
- Dunvilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dunvilla is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunvilla
- Norwegian Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
- Vergas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Cone Court
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Cone Court is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
- Almora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Almora is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almora
- Heinola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heinola is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heinola
- Perham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clear View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Luce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Luce is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
- Richdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
- Grand View Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View Heights is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
- Becker County
- County Website: https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
- County Seat for Becker: Detroit Lakes
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall Lake.
- Bucks Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
- Cormorant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cormorant is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Moorhead
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- Tansem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tansem is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Alexandria
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall Lake.
- Melby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Melby is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melby
- Evansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Brandon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leaf Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leaf Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf Valley
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.co.grant.mn.us/
- County Seat for Grant: Elbow Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall Lake.
- Ashby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wendell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elbow Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hereford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hereford is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Erdahl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Erdahl is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdahl
- Thorsborg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thorsborg is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsborg
- Barrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barrett is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Traverse County
- County Website: https://www.co.traverse.mn.us/
- County Seat for Traverse: Wheaton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall Lake.
- Tintah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tintah is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Charlesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Charlesville is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Wilkin County
- County Website: https://wilkincounty.gov/
- County Seat for Wilkin: Breckenridge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wall Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall Lake.
- Foxhome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Foxhome is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Everdell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Everdell is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everdell
- Nashua
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Campbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Doran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Doran is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Lawndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Tenney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tenney is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
- Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
- Breckenridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Richland County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wall Lake) 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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