Nearest Communities to Karlstad,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Karlstad, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Karlstad:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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 starting from Karlstad.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Karlstad is located in Kittson County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kittson County: Marshall, Roseau, Pembina (ND) & Walsh (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Karlstad. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Kittson 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 Karlstad (which is Kittson 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 Karlstad
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Kittson County (where Karlstad resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.kittson.mn.us/
- County Seat for Kittson: Hallock
- Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Karlstad ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Karlstad.
- Deerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deerwood is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Halma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pelan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pelan is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelan
- Enok
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enok is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enok
- Lake Bronson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Donaldson is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Kennedy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chatham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Hallock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Viking Land Terrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Viking Land Terrace is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Land Terrace
- Mattson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mattson is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
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- Caribou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Caribou is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Northcote
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Northcote is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcote
- Robbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Robbin is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbin
- Orleans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://www.co.marshall.mn.us/
- County Seat for Marshall: Warren
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Karlstad ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Karlstad.
- Strandquist
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Englund
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Englund is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englund
- Florian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Florian is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florian
- Ellerth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ellerth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerth
- Foldahl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Foldahl is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foldahl
- Newfolden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newfolden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfolden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Middle River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stephen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Court
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Court is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Court
- Argyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Radium
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Radium is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Holt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
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- Viking
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Viking is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Luna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Luna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Rosewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington County
- Roseau County
- County Website: https://www.co.roseau.mn.us/
- County Seat for Roseau: Roseau
- Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Karlstad ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Karlstad.
- Strathcona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Strathcona is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathcona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Greenbush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Haug
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haug is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haug
- Badger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Point is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Noacres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Noacres is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noacres
- Pembina County
- County Website: https://www.pembinacountynd.gov/
- County Seat for Pembina: Cavalier (ND)
- Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Karlstad ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Karlstad.
- Drayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pittsburgh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
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- Karlstad) 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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