Nearest Communities to Fosston,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fosston, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fosston:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Fosston is located in Polk County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fosston. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Fosston (which is Polk 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 Fosston
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Polk County (where Fosston resides)
- County Website: https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Crookston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fosston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fosston.
- West View Court
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West View Court is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
- Lengby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lengby is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- McIntosh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Olga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Winger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Erskine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trail
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Trail is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Gully
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gully is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Mentor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
- Dugdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fertile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tilden Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tilden Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Junction
- Melvin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beltrami County
- County Website: https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
- County Seat for Beltrami: Bemidji
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fosston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fosston.
- Pinewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aure
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aure is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aure
- Solway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Debs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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 Fosston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fosston.
- Weme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weme is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
- Ebro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebro is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
- Gonvick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bagley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clearbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winsor is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
- Jack Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
- Rice Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Bonga Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
- Berner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berner is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
- Big Bear Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
- Bush Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
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- Ponsford Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
- Leonard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shevlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Minerva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zerkel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
- Alida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alida is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Mallard ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mallard is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Coffee Pot Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
- Mahnomen County
- County Website: https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
- County Seat for Mahnomen: Mahnomen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fosston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fosston.
- Pine Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Bejou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaulieu
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
- Mahkonce
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mahkonce is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahkonce
- Roy Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mahnomen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Naytahwaush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waubun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Norman County
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fosston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fosston.
- Rindal
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ranum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ranum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
- Sundal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sundal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
- Waukon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Faith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flaming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fossum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fossum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
- Pennington County
- 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 Fosston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fosston.
- Oklee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Garnes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Garnes is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnes
- Roland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Terrebonne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Terrebonne is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
- Plummer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Delorme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delorme is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delorme
- Perault
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perault is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perault
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fosston) 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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