Nearest Communities to Laporte,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Laporte, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Laporte:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Laporte.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Laporte is located in Hubbard County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hubbard County: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater & Wadena.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Laporte. Of these communities, 45 are located in counties other than Hubbard 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 Laporte (which is Hubbard 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 Laporte
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hubbard County (where Laporte resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
- County Seat for Hubbard: Park Rapids
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Laporte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Laporte.
- Benedict
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Benedict is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
- Kabekona Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
- Guthrie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Nary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nary is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
- Farris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Farris is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farris
- Lake George
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yola is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
- Akeley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Emmaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Deer Lane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
- Becida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Becida is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
- Nevis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Dorset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Chamberlain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Arago
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arago is located in Hubbard County
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- Park Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Estates is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Estates
- Badoura
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Badoura is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
- Park Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Becker County
- County Website: https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
- County Seat for Becker: Detroit Lakes
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Laporte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Laporte.
- Goldenrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goldenrod is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenrod
- Two Inlets
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Two Inlets is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Inlets
- Beltrami County
- County Website: https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
- County Seat for Beltrami: Bemidji
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Laporte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Laporte.
- Rosby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rosby is located in Beltrami County
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- Norway Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Norway Park is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Park
- Andrusia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Andrusia is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrusia
- Bemidji
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lavinia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lavinia is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Secluded Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Secluded Acres is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secluded Acres
- Pennington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Birchmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Birchmont is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchmont
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Woodland Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodland Park is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Turtle River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Turtle River is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Scribner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Solway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Werner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Werner is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werner
- Tenstrike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Walker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Laporte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Laporte.
- Wilkinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Walker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Onigum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onigum is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
- Cass Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ah-gwah-ching
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
- Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- North Central Cass
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Central Cass is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Schley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Schley is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Bald Eagle Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Eagle Center is located in Cass County
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- Whipholt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whipholt is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipholt
- Hackensack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Brevik
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brevik is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevik
- Ryan Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Village
- Federal Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oshawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oshawa is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
- Boy River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boy River is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Backus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Longville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Laporte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Laporte.
- Coffee Pot Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
- Lake Itasca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vern is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
- Mallard ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mallard is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Alida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alida is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Long Lost Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
- Zerkel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
- Wadena County
- County Website: https://www.co.wadena.mn.us/
- County Seat for Wadena: Wadena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Laporte ...
- Huntersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Laporte) 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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