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Nearest Communities to Solway,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Solway 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 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Solway. Of these communities, 44 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 Solway (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 Solway

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

  • Beltrami County   (where Solway resides)
  • Becker County
  • Cass 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 Solway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Solway.
      • Shevlin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Leonard
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Alida
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Alida is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Coffee Pot Landing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
      • Bagley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Vern
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Vern is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
      • Mallard ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
      • Minerva
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clearbrook
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Itasca
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Zerkel
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
      • Ebro
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Ebro is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Bonga Landing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
        • Rice Lake
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
        • Weme
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Weme is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
        • Big Bear Landing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
        • Bush Landing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
        • Jack Pine
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
        • Ponsford Landing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
        • Gonvick
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Long Lost Lake
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
          • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
        • Berner
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Berner is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
        • Winsor
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Winsor is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Solway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Solway.
      • Becida
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Becida is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
      • Nary
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Nary is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
      • Yola
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Yola is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
      • Farris
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Farris is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farris
      • Guthrie
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Lake George
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Kabekona Corner
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
      • Laporte
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahnomen County
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Solway   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Solway.
      • Lengby
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Lengby is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Olga
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Olga is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • Gully
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Gully is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Fosston
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • West View Court
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • West View Court is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court

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- Solway) 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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