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Nearest Communities to Muskoda,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Muskoda, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Muskoda:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

Muskoda is located in Clay County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 79 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Muskoda. Of these communities, 56 are located in counties other than Clay 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 Muskoda (which is Clay 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 Muskoda

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Clay County   (where Muskoda resides)
    • County Website:   https://claycountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Moorhead
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Muskoda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Muskoda.
      • Hawley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Winnipeg Junction
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
      • Manitoba Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Manitoba Junction is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
      • Downer
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Downer is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
      • Glyndon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Dale
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Dale is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Hitterdal
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
      • Averill
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Averill is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
      • Rollag
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sabin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sabin is located in Clay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
      • Dilworth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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        • Barnesville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Felton
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Tansem
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Tansem is located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
        • Moorhead
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Ulen
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Finkle
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Kragnes
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Rustad
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Rustad is located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustad
        • Oakport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Oakport is located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
        • Comstock
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Comstock is located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
        • Georgetown
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Georgetown is located in Clay County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
  • Norman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Muskoda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Muskoda.
      • Borup
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Borup is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Syre
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Syre is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
      • Flom
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fossum
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Fossum is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
      • Twin Valley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
      • Perley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Heiberg
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Heiberg is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberg
      • Ada
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Ada is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <3>
  • Otter Tail County
  • Wilkin County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Muskoda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Muskoda.
      • Briarwood
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • North River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Wild Rice
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fargo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Frontier
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
      • Prairie Rose
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Oxbow
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Saint Benedict
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Benedict is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
      • Reile's Acres
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
      • Hickson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Hickson is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickson
      • Harwood
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Pinkham
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Pinkham is located in Cass County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkham
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Riverside
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Riverside is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • South West Fargo
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • South West Fargo is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South West Fargo
        • West Fargo
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Horace
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Horace is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <3>
        • Brooktree Park
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Brooktree Park is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooktree Park
        • Fife
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Fife is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
        • Argusville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Norman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Norman is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
        • Prosper
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Prosper is located in Cass County (ND)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
        • Warren
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Mapleton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Richland 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Muskoda) 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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