Nearest Communities to Bena,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bena, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bena:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 starting from Bena.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bena is located in Cass County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Aitkin, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Morrison, Todd & Wadena.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bena. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Cass 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 Bena (which is Cass 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 Bena
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cass County (where Bena resides)
- County Website: www.co.cass.mn.us/
- County Seat for Cass: Walker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Cass County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Cass County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Cass County
- Nearest Communities to Bena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bena.
- Ryan Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Village
- Ryan Village is located in Cass County
- Federal Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Federal Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Dam
- Federal Dam is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Federal Dam <4>
- Bald Eagle Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Eagle Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle Center
- Bald Eagle Center is located in Cass County
- Schley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Boy River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - North Central Cass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Central Cass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
- North Central Cass is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Cuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Elevenmile Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elevenmile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenmile Corner
- Elevenmile Corner is located in Cass County
- Tobique
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Brevik
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Cass Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cass Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Lake
- Cass Lake is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cass Lake <4>
- Days High Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Days High Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days High Landing
- Days High Landing is located in Cass County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Wilkinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Whipholt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipholt
- Whipholt is located in Cass County
- Baker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Onigum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Remer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remer
- Remer is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remer <4>
- Inguadona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Longville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Longville is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longville <4>
- Ah-gwah-ching
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ah-gwah-ching have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
- Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
- Walker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Walker is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walker <4>
- Wabedo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabedo
- Wabedo is located in Cass County
- Wilkinson
- Beltrami County
- County Website: www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
- County Seat for Beltrami: Bemidji
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Beltrami County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Beltrami County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Beltrami County
- Nearest Communities to Bena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bena.
- Pennington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Pennington is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pennington <4>
- Andrusia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Rosby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Lavinia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Lavinia is located in Beltrami County
- Turtle River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle River
- Turtle River is located in Beltrami County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Norway Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Park
- Norway Park is located in Beltrami County
- Hubbard County
- County Website: www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
- County Seat for Hubbard: Park Rapids
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Hubbard County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Hubbard County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Hubbard County
- Nearest Communities to Bena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bena.
- Farris
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Benedict
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Guthrie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Laporte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laporte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laporte
- Laporte is located in Hubbard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laporte <4>
- Nary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Itasca County
- County Website: www.co.itasca.mn.us/
- County Seat for Itasca: Grand Rapids
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Itasca County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Itasca County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Itasca County
- Nearest Communities to Bena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bena.
- Ball Club
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Inger
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Deer River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer River
- Deer River is located in Itasca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer River <4>
- Zemple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Max
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Max have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
- Max is located in Itasca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Max <4>
- Squaw Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squaw Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Lake
- Squaw Lake is located in Itasca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Squaw Lake <4>
- Dunbar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Rosy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Oslund
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Bowstring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Suomi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Jessie Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessie Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie Lake
- Jessie Lake is located in Itasca County
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Spring Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Spring Lake is located in Itasca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Lake <4>
- Talmoon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmoon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmoon
- Talmoon is located in Itasca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talmoon <4>
- Bass Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bass Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook
- Bass Brook is located in Itasca County
- Cohasset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cohasset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Cohasset is located in Itasca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,739 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohasset <4>
- Alvwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Alder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Bass Brook Court
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bass Brook Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook Court
- Bass Brook Court is located in Itasca County
- Dora Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Lake
- Dora Lake is located in Itasca County
- Wirt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Marcell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcell
- Marcell is located in Itasca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcell <4>
- Lakeview Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Terrace
- Lakeview Terrace is located in Itasca County
- Bergville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake
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- Bena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3404, Longitude: -94.2061 In this case, the coordinates for Bena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
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