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Nearest Communities to Bemidji,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 from Bemidji.<1>

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

Bemidji is located in Beltrami County and is the County Seat.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beltrami County: Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington & Roseau.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bemidji. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Beltrami 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 Bemidji (which is Beltrami 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 Bemidji

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

  • Beltrami County   (where Bemidji resides)
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bemidji   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bemidji.
      • Cass Lake
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuba
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Cuba is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Wilkinson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Wilkinson is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
      • Bald Eagle Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Bald Eagle Center is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle Center
      • Schley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Schley is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
      • Ryan Village
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Ryan Village is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Village
      • Walker
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Baker is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Onigum
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Onigum is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
  • Clearwater County
    • 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 Bemidji   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bemidji.
      • Coffee Pot Landing
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
      • Alida
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Alida is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Shevlin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Vern
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Vern is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
      • Leonard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mallard ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
      • Lake Itasca
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bagley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Minerva
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Zerkel
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
      • Ponsford Landing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
      • Clearbrook
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Big Bear Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
        • Bonga Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
        • Bush Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
        • Long Lost Lake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
          • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
        • Ebro
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Ebro is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
        • Jack Pine
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
        • Rice Lake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bemidji   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bemidji.
      • Nary
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Nary is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
      • Farris
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Farris is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farris
      • Becida
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Becida is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
      • Guthrie
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Kabekona Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
      • Yola
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Yola is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
      • Laporte
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lake George
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Benedict
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
      • Emmaville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
      • Deer Lane
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
  • Itasca County

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- Bemidji) 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.