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Nearest Communities to Beltrami,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Beltrami is located in Polk County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Beltrami. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Beltrami (which is Polk 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 Beltrami

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

  • Polk County   (where Beltrami resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beltrami   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beltrami.
      • Greenview
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Greenview is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
      • Melvin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Melvin is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
      • Fertile
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Harold
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Harold is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
      • Benoit
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Benoit is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
      • Nielsville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Nielsville is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Burwell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Burwell is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
      • Wilds
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Wilds is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilds
      • Girard
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Girard is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Climax
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Climax is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Carman Terrace
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Carman Terrace is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carman Terrace
      • Crookston Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Crookston Junction is located in Polk County
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        • Riverview Terrace
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Riverview Terrace is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Terrace
        • Maple Bay
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
        • Tilden Junction
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Tilden Junction is located in Polk County
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        • Eldred
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Eldred is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
        • Crookston
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Forest Knolls Estates
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Dugdale
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Dugdale is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
        • Anglim
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Anglim is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglim
        • Gentilly
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Gentilly is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
        • Noyes Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Noyes Junction is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes Junction
        • Hixon
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Hixon is located in Polk County
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        • Mentor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ross
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Ross is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
        • Fisher
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Fisher is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
        • Freeman
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Freeman is located in Polk County
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        • Shirley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Shirley is located in Polk County
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        • Erskine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Winger
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Bygland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Bygland is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bygland
        • Davidson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Davidson is located in Polk County
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        • Key West
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Key West is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
        • Mallory
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Mallory is located in Polk County
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        • McIntosh
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Euclid
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Euclid is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Mahnomen County
  • Norman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beltrami   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beltrami.
      • Lockhart
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Lockhart is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
      • Hadler
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Hadler is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
      • Flaming
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Flaming is located in Norman County
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      • Shelly
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Shelly is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Anthony
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Anthony is located in Norman County
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      • Sundal
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Sundal is located in Norman County
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      • Ada
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Ada is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <3>
      • Gary
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rindal
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Rindal is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
      • Ranum
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Ranum is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
      • Halstad
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Heiberg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Heiberg is located in Norman County
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        • Waukon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Waukon is located in Norman County
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        • Twin Valley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
        • Hendrum
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Hendrum is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
        • Borup
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Borup is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Faith
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Faith is located in Norman County
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        • Fossum
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Fossum is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
        • Syre
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Syre is located in Norman County
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        • Perley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Perley is located in Norman County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Red Lake County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.red-lake.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Red Lake:   Red Lake Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beltrami   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beltrami.
      • Delorme
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Delorme is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delorme
      • Perault
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Perault is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perault
      • Huot
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Huot is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huot
      • Dorothy
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
      • Red Lake Falls
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Terrebonne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Terrebonne is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
      • Wylie
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Wylie is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Brooks
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Grand Forks County
  • Traill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beltrami   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beltrami.
      • Caledonia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cummings
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Buxton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Buxton is located in Traill County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buxton <3>
      • Hillsboro
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Taft
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Taft is located in Traill County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Alton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Alton is located in Traill County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Kelso
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Kelso is located in Traill County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
      • Grandin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

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