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Nearest Communities to Baker,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

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

Baker is located in Clay County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Baker. Of these communities, 58 are located in counties other than Clay 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 Baker (which is Clay 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 Baker

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

  • Clay County   (where Baker resides)
    • County Website:   https://claycountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Moorhead
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Baker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Baker.
      • Downer
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Downer is also located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
      • Sabin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sabin is also located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
      • Barnesville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Comstock
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Comstock is also located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Rustad
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Rustad is also located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustad
      • Glyndon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Finkle
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Muskoda
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dilworth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Moorhead
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rollag
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tansem
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Tansem is also located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Hawley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Hawley is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,210 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <3>
        • Averill
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Averill is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
        • Oakport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Oakport is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
        • Manitoba Junction
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Manitoba Junction is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
        • Winnipeg Junction
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Winnipeg Junction is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
        • Dale
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Dale is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
        • Kragnes
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hitterdal
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Hitterdal is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
        • Felton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Georgetown
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Georgetown is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
        • Ulen
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Ulen is also located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ulen <3>
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
  • Otter Tail County
  • Wilkin County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Baker   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Baker.
      • Briarwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Hickson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Hickson is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickson
      • Oxbow
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Wild Rice
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Saint Benedict
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Saint Benedict is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
      • Frontier
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
      • Prairie Rose
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Horace
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Horace is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <3>
      • Fargo
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Norman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Norman is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
      • South West Fargo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • South West Fargo is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South West Fargo
      • West Fargo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • North River
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Reile's Acres
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
        • Riverside
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverside is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Pinkham
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Pinkham is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkham
        • Warren
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Fife
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Fife is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
        • Kindred
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Harwood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Davenport
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Brooktree Park
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Brooktree Park is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooktree Park
        • Mapleton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Prosper
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Prosper is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
        • Durbin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Argusville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Woods
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Richland County

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- Baker) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.