Nearest Communities to Windom,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Windom, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Windom:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 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 from Windom.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Windom is located in Cottonwood County and is the County Seat.
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 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Windom. Of these communities, 55 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 Windom (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 Windom
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cottonwood County (where Windom resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.cottonwood.mn.us/
- County Seat for Cottonwood: Windom
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Bingham Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Delft is located in Cottonwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delft
- Mountain Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Storden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Storden is located in Cottonwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Westbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brown County
- County Website: https://www.browncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Brown: New Ulm
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Comfrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dotson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dotson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leavenworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leavenworth is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavenworth
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Jackson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Wilder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilder is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Bergen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
- Heron Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Lakefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Okabena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Okabena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Miloma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miloma is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miloma
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rost
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rost is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rost
- Alpha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Spafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spafford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Sioux Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sioux Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Valley
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Martin County
- County Website: https://www.co.martin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Martin: Fairmont
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Ormsby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ormsby is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Trimont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sherburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Lake is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Dunnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Welcome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murray County
- County Website: https://www.murray-countymn.com/
- County Seat for Murray: Slayton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Lime Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lime Creek is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
- Fulda
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dovray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dovray is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Wirock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wirock is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
- Currie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nobles County
- County Website: https://www.co.nobles.mn.us/
- County Seat for Nobles: Worthington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Kinbrae
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kinbrae is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinbrae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Brewster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewster is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Pfingsten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pfingsten is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfingsten
- Round Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood County
- County Website: https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
- County Seat for Redwood: Redwood Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Sanborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lamberton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Revere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wanda
(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 Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Butterfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Odin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Odin is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Darfur
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Darfur is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darfur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Echols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Echols is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Sveadahl
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sveadahl is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadahl
- Saint James Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint James Place is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James Place
- Saint James
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Branch is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch
- Godahl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Godahl is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
- Grogan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grogan is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grogan
- La Salle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Salle is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Dickinson County
- County Website: https://dickinsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Dickinson: Spirit Lake (IA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Windom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Windom.
- Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Beaches Resort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beaches Resort is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaches Resort
- Lake Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Triboji Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Triboji Beach is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triboji Beach
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- Windom) 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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