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Nearest Communities to Brandt,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.<1>

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

Brandt is located in Deuel County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deuel County: Lac qui Parle (MN), Lincoln (MN), Yellow Medicine (MN), Brookings, Codington, Grant & Hamlin.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brandt. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Deuel 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 Brandt (which is Deuel 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 Brandt

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

  • Deuel County   (where Brandt resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.deuelcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for Deuel:   Clear Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brandt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brandt.
      • Clear Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Toronto
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Astoria
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnsonville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Johnsonville is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
      • Altamont
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Altamont is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Moritz
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Moritz is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moritz
        • Estimated population in 2011: 13 people
      • Gary
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tunerville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Tunerville is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunerville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 218 people
      • Bemis
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Bemis is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
      • Goodwin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookings County
    • County Website:   https://www.brookingscountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Brookings:   Brookings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brandt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brandt.
      • White
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • White is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <3>
      • North Grove Addition
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
      • Bruce
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Bruce is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <3>
      • Bushnell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Sunnyview
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Arlington Beach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Arlington Beach is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Beach
      • Aurora
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Brookings
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hillside Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Volga
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Volga is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
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      • Elkton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Codington County
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://grantcounty.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Milbank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brandt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brandt.
      • Revillo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Albee
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Albee is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • LaBolt
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Strandburg
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Troy
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Troy is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Hamlin County
    • County Website:   https://hamlinco.us/
    • County Seat for Hamlin:   Hayti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brandt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brandt.
      • Estelline
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dempster
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
      • Castlewood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Stone Bridge
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
        • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
      • Kones Corner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
      • Alsville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
      • Hayti
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lake Norden
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Thomas
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
        • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
  • Lac qui Parle County
    • County Website:   https://lqpco.com/
    • County Seat for Lac qui Parle:   Madison (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brandt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brandt.
      • Marietta
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
      • Providence
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Haydenville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
      • Nassau
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <3>
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
  • Yellow Medicine County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ym.mn.gov/
    • County Seat for Yellow Medicine:   Granite Falls (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brandt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brandt.
      • Burr
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Burr is located in Yellow Medicine County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
      • Canby
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Canby is located in Yellow Medicine County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canby <3>
      • Porter
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Porter is located in Yellow Medicine County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Saint Leo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Saint Leo is located in Yellow Medicine County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brandt) 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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