Nearest Communities to Olga,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Olga, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Olga:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Olga is located in Polk County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Olga. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Olga (which is Polk 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 Olga
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Polk County (where Olga resides)
- County Website: https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Crookston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- Gully
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gully is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trail is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Fosston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West View Court
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West View Court is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
- McIntosh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lengby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lengby is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Erskine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mentor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
- Dugdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dugdale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
- Tilden Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tilden Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Junction
- Fertile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beltrami County
- County Website: https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
- County Seat for Beltrami: Bemidji
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- Aure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aure is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aure
- Debs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Debs is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debs
- Pinewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pinewood is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Solway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Island Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Island Lake is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- 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 Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- Weme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weme is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
- Gonvick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winsor is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
- Clearbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Berner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berner is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
- Ebro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ebro is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
- Bagley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rice Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Shevlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jack Pine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
- Bonga Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Big Bear Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
- Minerva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Bush Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
- Ponsford Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
- Alida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alida is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Zerkel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
- Mahnomen County
- County Website: https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
- County Seat for Mahnomen: Mahnomen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- Pine Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Bejou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaulieu
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
- Mahkonce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mahkonce is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahkonce
- Roy Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
- Naytahwaush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mahnomen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norman County
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- Rindal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rindal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
- Ranum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ranum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
- Sundal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sundal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
- Waukon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Pennington County
- County Website: https://co.pennington.mn.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Thief River Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- River Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- River Valley is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- High Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- High Landing is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
- Erie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- 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 Olga ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Olga.
- Oklee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Brooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Garnes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Garnes is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnes
- Plummer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Terrebonne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Terrebonne is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
- Delorme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delorme is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delorme
- Perault
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perault is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perault
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olga) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |