Nearest Communities to Westbrook,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Westbrook, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Westbrook:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Westbrook is located in Cottonwood County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cottonwood County: Brown, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Redwood & Watonwan.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westbrook. Of these communities, 51 are located in counties other than Cottonwood 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 Westbrook (which is Cottonwood 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 Westbrook
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cottonwood County (where Westbrook resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.cottonwood.mn.us/
- County Seat for Cottonwood: Windom
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Storden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Storden is located in Cottonwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jeffers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Delft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Delft is located in Cottonwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delft
- Windom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bingham Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brown County
- County Website: https://www.browncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Brown: New Ulm
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Dotson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dotson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Comfrey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Jackson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Heron Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Wilder
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilder is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Miloma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Miloma is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miloma
- Okabena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Okabena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rost
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rost is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rost
- Bergen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
- Lakefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spafford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://www.lyonco.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Marshall
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Tracy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garvin is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Amiret
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amiret is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
- Balaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Murray County
- County Website: https://www.murray-countymn.com/
- County Seat for Murray: Slayton
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Dovray
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dovray is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Currie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Avoca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Lime Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Creek is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
- The Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Lakes is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
- Owanka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Owanka is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
- Fulda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wirock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wirock is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
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- Iona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Lowville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lowville is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
- Current Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Current Lake is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
- Lake Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Chandler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Nobles County
- County Website: https://www.co.nobles.mn.us/
- County Seat for Nobles: Worthington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Dundee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Kinbrae
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kinbrae is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinbrae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Pfingsten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pfingsten is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfingsten
- Brewster
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brewster is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Reading
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Saint Kilian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Kilian is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Wilmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Redwood County
- County Website: https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
- County Seat for Redwood: Redwood Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Revere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lamberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wanda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lucan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Milroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wabasso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowena
(27 miles [43.5 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 northeast)
- Clements is located in Redwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Seaforth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Watonwan County
- County Website: https://www.co.watonwan.mn.us/
- County Seat for Watonwan: Saint James
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- Darfur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Darfur is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darfur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
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 from Point A (ie- Westbrook) 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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