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Nearest Communities to Flom,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 Flom.<1>

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

Flom is located in Norman County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Norman County: Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Polk, Cass (ND) & Traill (ND).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Flom. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Norman 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 Flom (which is Norman 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 Flom

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

  • Norman County   (where Flom resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flom.
      • Fossum
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Fossum is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
      • Syre
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Syre is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
      • Faith
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Twin Valley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
      • Heiberg
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Heiberg is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberg
      • Waukon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Waukon is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
      • Gary
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Borup
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Borup is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Ranum
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Ranum is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
      • Sundal
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Sundal is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
      • Ada
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • 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>
      • Flaming
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Rindal
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Hadler
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Hadler is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
        • Lockhart
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lockhart is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
        • Anthony
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Anthony is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Becker County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Becker:   Detroit Lakes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flom.
      • Ogema
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Ogema is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogema
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
      • White Earth
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Callaway
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • LaBelle
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • LaBelle is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBelle
      • Lake Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Richwood
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Richwood is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Westbury
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Westbury is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
      • Audubon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Richards
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Richards is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Elbow Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
        • Detroit Lakes
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Eunice
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lake Eunice is located in Becker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eunice
        • Rochert
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cormorant
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Shoreham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Shoreham is located in Becker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreham
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   https://claycountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Moorhead
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flom   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flom.
      • Ulen
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hitterdal
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
      • Dale
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Dale is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Manitoba Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Manitoba Junction is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
      • Felton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Winnipeg Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
      • Hawley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Averill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Averill is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
      • Muskoda
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rollag
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Glyndon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mahnomen County
  • Polk County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Flom) 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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