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Nearest Communities to Erie,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Erie.<1>

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

Erie is located in Pennington County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pennington County: Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Polk & Red Lake.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Erie. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Pennington 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 Erie (which is Pennington 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 Erie

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

  • Pennington County   (where Erie resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.pennington.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Pennington:   Thief River Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Erie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Erie.
      • River Valley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • River Valley is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
      • High Landing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • High Landing is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
      • Goodridge
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Goodridge is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Mavie
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Mavie is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavie
      • Hazel
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Hazel is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Challenger Court
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Challenger Court is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenger Court
      • Basswood Court
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Basswood Court is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood Court
      • Greendale Manor
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Greendale Manor is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale Manor
      • Thief River Falls
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dakota Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Dakota Junction is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
      • Saint Hilaire
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Beltrami County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Beltrami:   Bemidji
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Erie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Erie.
      • Jelle
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Jelle is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelle
      • Carmel
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Carmel is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
      • Four Town
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Four Town is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Town
      • Malcolm
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Malcolm is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
      • Thorhult
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Thorhult is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorhult
  • 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 Erie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Erie.
      • Berner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Berner is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
      • Winsor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Winsor is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
      • Gonvick
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Clearbrook
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Weme
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Weme is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
  • Marshall County
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Erie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Erie.
      • Trail
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Trail is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
      • Gully
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Gully is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Olga
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Olga is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • McIntosh
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • 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 Erie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Erie.
      • Roland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Roland is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
      • Garnes
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Garnes is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnes
      • Oklee
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Plummer
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
      • Brooks
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
      • Terrebonne
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Terrebonne is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
      • Red Lake Falls
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wylie
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Wylie is located in Red Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie

Footnotes ...

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