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Nearest Communities to Saum,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 from Saum.<1>

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

Saum 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 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Saum. Of these communities, 11 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 Saum (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 Saum

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

  • Beltrami County   (where Saum resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Beltrami:   Bemidji
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saum   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saum.
      • Shotley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Quiring
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Otto
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
        • Otto is located in Beltrami County
      • Inez
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
        • Inez is located in Beltrami County
      • Kelliher
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Domaas
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Domaas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domaas
        • Domaas is located in Beltrami County
      • Ponemah
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Redby
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Langor
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Shooks
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Waskish
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nebish
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Blackduck
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Funkley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Red Lake
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hines
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Island Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Tenstrike
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Little Rock
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Puposky
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Debs
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Turtle River
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Werner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Werner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werner
          • Werner is located in Beltrami County
        • Aure
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aure have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aure
          • Aure is located in Beltrami County
        • Birchmont
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchmont
          • Birchmont is located in Beltrami County
        • Woodland Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
          • Woodland Park is located in Beltrami County
  • Itasca County
    • County Website:   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 Saum   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saum.
      • Houpt
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houpt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houpt
        • Houpt is located in Itasca County
      • Orth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orth
        • Orth is located in Itasca County
      • Bergville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bergville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergville
        • Bergville is located in Itasca County
      • Alvwood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvwood
        • Alvwood is located in Itasca County
      • Rosy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosy
        • Rosy is located in Itasca County
      • Dunbar
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunbar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
        • Dunbar is located in Itasca County
  • Koochiching County
    • County Website:   www.co.koochiching.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Koochiching:   International Falls
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Saum   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Saum.
      • Forest Grove
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
        • Forest Grove is located in Koochiching County
      • Northome
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northome
        • Northome is located in Koochiching County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northome <4>
      • Mizpah
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mizpah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
        • Mizpah is located in Koochiching County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
      • Gemmell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Pinetop
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinetop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
        • Pinetop is located in Koochiching County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9749, Longitude: -94.6764    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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