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Nearest Communities to Bagley,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Bagley.<1>

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

Bagley is located in Clearwater County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clearwater County: Becker, Beltrami, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Pennington & Polk.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 65 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bagley. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Clearwater 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 Bagley (which is Clearwater 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 Bagley

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

  • Clearwater County   (where Bagley resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.clearwatercountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clearwater:   Bagley
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bagley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bagley.
      • Shevlin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ebro
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Ebro is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
      • Leonard
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Weme
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Weme is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
      • Bonga Landing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
      • Minerva
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rice Lake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
      • Jack Pine
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
      • Clearbrook
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Alida
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Alida is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Big Bear Landing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
      • Bush Landing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Ponsford Landing
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
        • Zerkel
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
        • Gonvick
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Coffee Pot Landing
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
        • Mallard ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
        • Vern
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Vern is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
        • Winsor
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Winsor is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
        • Berner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Berner is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
        • Lake Itasca
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Long Lost Lake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
          • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
  • Becker County
  • Beltrami County
  • Hubbard County
  • Mahnomen County
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bagley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bagley.
      • Lengby
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Lengby is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Olga
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Olga is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • Fosston
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • West View Court
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • West View Court is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
      • Gully
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Gully is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Trail
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Trail is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
      • McIntosh
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Winger
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Erskine
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Red Lake County

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- Bagley) 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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