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Nearest Communities to Woodstock,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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.

Woodstock is located in Pipestone County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pipestone County: Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Rock, Brookings (SD), Minnehaha (SD) & Moody (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Woodstock. Of these communities, 51 are located in counties other than Pipestone 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 Woodstock (which is Pipestone 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 Woodstock

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

  • Pipestone County   (where Woodstock resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.pipestone-county.com/
    • County Seat for Pipestone:   Pipestone
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodstock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodstock.
      • Diamond Corner
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Diamond Corner is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Corner
      • Hatfield
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hatfield is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Holland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Holland is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
      • Edgerton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pipestone
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Ruthton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Trosky
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cazenovia
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Cazenovia is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Ihlen
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Airlie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Airlie is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
      • Jasper Sunrise Village
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jasper
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Jasper is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
      • Cresson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Cresson is located in Pipestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresson
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodstock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodstock.
      • Florence
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Florence is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Burchard
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Burchard is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
      • Balaton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Garvin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Garvin is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Russell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Lynd
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Amiret
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Amiret is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amiret
      • Tracy
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Murray County
    • County Website:   https://www.murray-countymn.com/
    • County Seat for Murray:   Slayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodstock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodstock.
      • Lake Wilson
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Chandler
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Chandler is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Current Lake
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Current Lake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
      • Hadley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Hadley is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
      • Lowville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Lowville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • Iona
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Slayton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Currie
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Wirock
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wirock is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Avoca
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Avoca is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
        • Owanka
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Owanka is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
        • The Lakes
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • The Lakes is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
        • Fulda
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Dovray
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Dovray is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovray
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Lime Creek
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Lime Creek is located in Murray County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
  • Nobles County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nobles.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Nobles:   Worthington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodstock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodstock.
      • Leota
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Leota is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leota
      • Saint Kilian
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Kilian is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
      • Lismore
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Lismore is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
      • Wilmont
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pfingsten
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pfingsten is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfingsten
      • Adrian
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Reading
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Reading is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
      • Rushmore
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Rushmore is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
  • Rock County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.rock.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Rock:   Luverne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodstock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodstock.
      • Hardwick
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Kenneth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Kenneth is located in Rock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Luverne
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Magnolia is located in Rock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
      • Kanaranzi
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Beaver Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Beaver Creek is located in Rock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Brookings County
  • Minnehaha County
  • Moody County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Woodstock) 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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