Nearest Communities to Middle River,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Middle River, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Middle River:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Middle River.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Middle River is located in Marshall County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marshall County: Beltrami, Kittson, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, Grand Forks (ND), Pembina (ND) & Walsh (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Middle River. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Marshall 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 Middle River (which is Marshall 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 Middle River
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Marshall County (where Middle River resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.marshall.mn.us/
- County Seat for Marshall: Warren
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Middle River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Middle River.
- Holt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Newfolden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newfolden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfolden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Strandquist
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ellerth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ellerth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerth
- Gatzke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gatzke is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatzke
- Rosewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Viking
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Viking is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Foldahl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Foldahl is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foldahl
- Englund
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Englund is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englund
- Florian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Florian is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florian
- Radium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Radium is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Grygla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Espelie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Espelie is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espelie
- Argyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kittson County
- 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 Middle River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Middle River.
- Pelan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pelan is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelan
- Karlstad
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Deerwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deerwood is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Halma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bronson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pennington County
- County Website: https://co.pennington.mn.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Thief River Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Middle River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Middle River.
- Dakota Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dakota Junction is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
- Basswood Court
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Basswood Court is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood Court
- Greendale Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Greendale Manor is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale Manor
- Thief River Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mavie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mavie is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavie
- Carpenters Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenters Corner is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
- Challenger Court
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Challenger Court is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenger Court
- Goodridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goodridge is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Hazel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hazel is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Saint Hilaire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- 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 Middle River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Middle River.
- Strathcona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Strathcona is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathcona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Greenbush
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leo is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Torfin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Torfin is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torfin
- Casperson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Casperson is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casperson
- Badger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wannaska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Skime
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Skime is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skime
- Haug
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haug is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haug
- Fox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Malung
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Malung is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malung
- Pencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pencer is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencer
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- Middle River) 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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