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Nearest Communities to Wood Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Wood Lake.<1>

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

Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yellow Medicine County: Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville & Deuel (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wood Lake. Of these communities, 51 are located in counties other than Yellow Medicine 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 Wood Lake (which is Yellow Medicine 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 Wood Lake

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

  • Yellow Medicine County   (where Wood Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Lake.
      • Hanley Falls
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hanley Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Echo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
      • Lorne
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Lorne is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorne
      • Granite Falls
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Valley Courts
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
      • Hazel Run
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Normania
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Normania is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normania
      • Clarkfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Saint Leo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chippewa.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Montevideo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Lake.
      • Asbury
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Asbury is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Maynard
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Wegdahl
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Wegdahl is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegdahl
      • Clara City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Bunde
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bunde is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunde
      • Montevideo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gluek
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Gluek is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gluek
      • Gracelock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Gracelock is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracelock
      • Watson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Louriston
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Louriston is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louriston
      • Churchill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Churchill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
  • Kandiyohi County
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Lake.
      • Cottonwood
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Dudley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Garvin Park
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ghent
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Village Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Minneota
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Amiret
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Lynd
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Taunton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Tracy
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Russell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
  • Redwood County
    • County Website:   https://redwoodcounty-mn.us/
    • County Seat for Redwood:   Redwood Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Lake.
      • Belview
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Belview is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Vesta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Vesta is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Seaforth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Delhi
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Delhi is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Milroy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lucan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • North Redwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
      • Redwood Falls
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Wabasso
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Rowena
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Rowena is located in Redwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
        • Wanda
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Walnut Grove
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Gilfillan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
        • Revere
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Clements
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Clements is located in Redwood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
  • Renville County
    • County Website:   https://www.renvillecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Renville:   Olivia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Lake.
      • Sacred Heart
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Renville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bechyn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Bechyn is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bechyn
      • Danube
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Beaver Falls
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Beaver Falls is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Falls
      • Morton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Olivia
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

Footnotes ...

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