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Nearest Communities to Dorset,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Dorset is located in Hubbard County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hubbard County: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater & Wadena.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dorset. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Hubbard 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 Dorset (which is Hubbard 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 Dorset

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

  • Hubbard County   (where Dorset resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorset   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorset.
      • Park Estates
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Park Estates is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Estates
      • Nevis
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Deer Lane
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
      • Park Rapids
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Emmaville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
      • Hubbard
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Badoura
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Badoura is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
      • Akeley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Chamberlain
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
      • Arago
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Arago is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
      • Horton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Horton is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
      • Lake George
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Benedict
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
        • Kabekona Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
        • Yola
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Yola is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
        • Laporte
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Guthrie
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
        • Becida
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Becida is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
        • Nary
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Nary is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorset   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorset.
      • Oshawa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Oshawa is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
      • Hackensack
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ah-gwah-ching
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
      • Walker
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Onigum
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Onigum is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
      • Backus
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Baker is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Wilkinson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilkinson is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
      • Mildred
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Mildred is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Whipholt
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Poplar
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Poplar is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
        • Pontoria
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Pontoria is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoria
        • North Central Cass
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • North Central Cass is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
        • Chickamaw Beach
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
        • Pine River
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 Dorset   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorset.
      • Lake Itasca
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Lost Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
        • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
      • Vern
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Vern is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
      • Mallard ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
      • Coffee Pot Landing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
  • Otter Tail County
  • Wadena 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- Dorset) 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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