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Nearest Communities to Pennington,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Pennington.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Pennington is located in Beltrami County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beltrami County: Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington & Roseau.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pennington. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Beltrami 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 Pennington (which is Beltrami 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 Pennington

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

  • Beltrami County   (where Pennington resides)
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pennington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pennington.
      • Bald Eagle Center
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Bald Eagle Center is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle Center
      • Cuba
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Cuba is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Schley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Schley is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
      • Cass Lake
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ryan Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ryan Village is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Village
      • Bena
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilkinson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilkinson is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
      • Federal Dam
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Central Cass
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • North Central Cass is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Baker
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Baker is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Onigum
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Onigum is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
      • Walker
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Boy River
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Boy River is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Ah-gwah-ching
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
        • Brevik
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Brevik is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevik
        • Whipholt
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pennington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pennington.
      • Farris
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Farris is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farris
      • Nary
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Nary is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
      • Guthrie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Laporte
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Benedict
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
      • Kabekona Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
      • Becida
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Becida is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
      • Lake George
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Yola
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Yola is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
  • Itasca County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.itasca.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Itasca:   Grand Rapids
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pennington   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pennington.
      • Rosy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Rosy is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosy
      • Dunbar
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dunbar is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
      • Squaw Lake
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Alvwood
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Alvwood is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvwood
      • Max
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Houpt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Houpt is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houpt
      • Inger
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Inger is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inger
      • Bergville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Bergville is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergville
      • Oslund
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Oslund is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslund
      • Orth
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Orth is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orth
      • Dora Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ball Club
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ball Club is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Club
      • Wirt
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Wirt is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirt
      • Spring Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Koochiching County

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 from Point A (ie- Pennington) 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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