Nearest Communities to Richards,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Richards, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Richards:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Richards.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Richards is located in Becker County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Becker County: Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail & Wadena.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Richards. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Becker 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 Richards (which is Becker 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 Richards
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Becker County (where Richards resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
- County Seat for Becker: Detroit Lakes
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richards ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richards.
- Detroit Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Audubon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westbury is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
- Shoreham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shoreham is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreham
- Lake Eunice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Eunice is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eunice
- LaBelle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- LaBelle is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBelle
- Bucks Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
- Lake Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rochert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Callaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Richwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richwood is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Cormorant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cormorant is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Frazee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Town Lake Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Town Lake Estates is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Lake Estates
- Ogema
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ogema is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogema
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- White Earth
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Evergreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Snellman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Snellman is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snellman
- Pine Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Point is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Ponsford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Elbow Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
- Clay County
- County Website: https://claycountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Moorhead
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richards ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richards.
- Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Rollag
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rollag is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
- Manitoba Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Manitoba Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
- Winnipeg Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
- Tansem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tansem is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
- Hitterdal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Hawley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ulen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Muskoda
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Barnesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Downer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Downer is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Mahnomen County
- Norman County
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richards ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richards.
- Flom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Syre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Syre is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
- Fossum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fossum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
- Otter Tail County
- County Website: https://ottertailcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Otter Tail: Fergus Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richards ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richards.
- Clear View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Dunvilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dunvilla is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunvilla
- Vergas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Luce is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
- Pelican Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norwegian Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
- Perham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Cone Court
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Cone Court is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cone Court
- Grand View Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grand View Heights is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Heights
- Erhard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Edwards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Richville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Butler is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Basswood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Richdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
- Maine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Amor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Amor is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amor
- Rothsay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkin County
- County Website: https://wilkincounty.gov/
- County Seat for Wilkin: Breckenridge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richards ...
- Lawndale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
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- Richards) 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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