Nearest Communities to Gary,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gary, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gary:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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 west 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.
Gary 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 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gary. 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 Gary (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 Gary
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Norman County (where Gary resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gary ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gary.
- Flaming
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flaming is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
- Waukon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waukon is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Sundal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sundal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
- Heiberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Heiberg is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberg
- Twin Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Valley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Ranum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ranum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
- Faith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Faith is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Rindal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rindal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
- Fossum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fossum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
- Ada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hadler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hadler is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
- Syre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Syre is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lockhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lockhart is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Flom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Borup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Borup is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Anthony
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Anthony is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Halstad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hendrum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hendrum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Shelly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shelly is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Perley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Gary ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gary.
- Ogema
(24 miles [38.6 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Moorhead
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gary ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gary.
- Ulen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Felton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hitterdal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Averill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Averill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Mahnomen County
- County Website: https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
- County Seat for Mahnomen: Mahnomen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gary ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gary.
- Bejou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mahnomen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Waubun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaulieu
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
- Mahkonce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mahkonce is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahkonce
- Naytahwaush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- County Website: https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Crookston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gary ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gary.
- Fertile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beltrami
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beltrami is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Winger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maple Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
- Melvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Melvin is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Dugdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dugdale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
- Tilden Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tilden Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Junction
- Greenview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenview is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Benoit
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Mentor
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Erskine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McIntosh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
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- Harold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harold is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- West View Court
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West View Court is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
- Nielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nielsville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Fosston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burwell is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Gentilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gentilly is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
- Climax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Climax is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Riverview Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview Terrace is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Terrace
- 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 Gary ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gary.
- Delorme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delorme is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delorme
- Perault
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perault is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perault
- Traill 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gary) 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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