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Nearest Communities to Roy Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Roy Lake.<1>

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

Roy Lake is primarily located in Mahnomen County. A portion of Roy Lake extends into Clearwater County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mahnomen County: Becker, Clearwater, Norman & Polk.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Roy Lake. Of these communities, 52 are located in counties other than Mahnomen 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 Roy Lake (which is Mahnomen 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 Roy Lake

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

  • Mahnomen County   (where Roy Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Mahnomen:   Mahnomen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy Lake.
      • Mahkonce
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Mahkonce is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahkonce
      • Naytahwaush
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Bend
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
      • Beaulieu
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
      • Mahnomen
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Waubun
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bejou
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Becker County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Becker:   Detroit Lakes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy Lake.
      • Elbow Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
      • White Earth
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Goldenrod
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Goldenrod is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenrod
      • Ogema
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Ogema is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogema
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
      • Two Inlets
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Point
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Pine Point is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
      • Ponsford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Richwood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Richwood is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Callaway
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Snellman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Snellman is located in Becker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snellman
  • Beltrami County
  • 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 Roy Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy Lake.
      • Big Bear Landing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
      • Bush Landing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
      • Ponsford Landing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
      • Jack Pine
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
      • Bonga Landing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
      • Rice Lake
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
      • Minerva
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Zerkel
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
      • Ebro
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Ebro is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
      • Long Lost Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
        • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
      • Mallard ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
      • Alida
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Alida is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Vern
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Vern is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
        • Bagley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lake Itasca
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Coffee Pot Landing
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
        • Shevlin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Weme
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Weme is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
        • Clearbrook
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Leonard
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Gonvick
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Hubbard County
  • Norman County
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roy Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roy Lake.
      • Lengby
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Lengby is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Fosston
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West View Court
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • West View Court is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
      • Winger
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Olga
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Olga is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • McIntosh
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gully
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Gully is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roy Lake) 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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