Nearest Communities to Fossum,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fossum, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fossum:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind 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.
Fossum 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 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fossum. Of these communities, 36 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 Fossum (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 Fossum
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Norman County (where Fossum resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fossum ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossum.
- Faith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Faith is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Twin Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twin Valley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Heiberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Heiberg is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberg
- Flom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Syre
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Syre is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
- Waukon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waukon is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Gary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flaming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Flaming is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
- Ranum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ranum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
- Sundal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sundal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
- Borup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Borup is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Ada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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- Rindal
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rindal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
- Hadler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hadler is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
- Lockhart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockhart is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Anthony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Anthony is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Hendrum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hendrum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Perley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Becker County
- County Website: https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
- County Seat for Becker: Detroit Lakes
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fossum ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossum.
- Ogema
(15 miles [24.1 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Callaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Richwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Richwood is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- LaBelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- LaBelle is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBelle
- Westbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westbury is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
- Audubon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elbow Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
- Richards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richards is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Moorhead
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fossum ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossum.
- Ulen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hitterdal
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Felton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Manitoba Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Manitoba Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
- Winnipeg Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
- Hawley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Averill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Averill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Muskoda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Mahnomen County
- County Website: https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
- County Seat for Mahnomen: Mahnomen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fossum ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossum.
- Waubun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mahnomen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bejou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaulieu
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
- Naytahwaush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mahkonce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mahkonce is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahkonce
- Roy Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
- Pine Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Polk County
- County Website: https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Crookston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fossum ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossum.
- Fertile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Winger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beltrami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beltrami is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Maple Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maple Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
- Melvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Melvin is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Erskine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fosston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McIntosh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West View Court
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West View Court is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fossum) 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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