Nearest Communities to Trail,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Trail, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Trail:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Trail is located in Polk County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Trail. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Trail (which is Polk 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 Trail
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Polk County (where Trail resides)
- County Website: https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Crookston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- Gully
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gully is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Olga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Olga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- McIntosh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fosston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West View Court
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West View Court is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
- Erskine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lengby
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lengby is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Winger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mentor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
- Dugdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dugdale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
- Tilden Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tilden Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Junction
- Beltrami County
- County Website: https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
- County Seat for Beltrami: Bemidji
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- Debs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Debs is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debs
- Aure
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aure is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aure
- Little Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Pinewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- 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 Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- Winsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winsor is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
- Gonvick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Berner is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
- Weme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weme is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
- Clearbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ebro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ebro is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
- Bagley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shevlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jack Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
- Rice Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Bonga Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
- Mahnomen County
- County Website: https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
- County Seat for Mahnomen: Mahnomen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- Pine Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Bejou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://www.co.marshall.mn.us/
- County Seat for Marshall: Warren
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- Espelie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Espelie is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espelie
- Norman County
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- Rindal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rindal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
- Ranum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ranum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
- Pennington County
- County Website: https://co.pennington.mn.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Thief River Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- River Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- River Valley is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- Erie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- High Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- High Landing is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
- Goodridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Goodridge is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Hazel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Mavie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mavie is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavie
- Saint Hilaire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Challenger Court
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Challenger Court is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenger Court
- Red Lake County
- County Website: https://www.co.red-lake.mn.us/
- County Seat for Red Lake: Red Lake Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail.
- Oklee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Garnes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garnes is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnes
- Brooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brooks is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Plummer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Terrebonne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Terrebonne is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
- Delorme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delorme is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delorme
- Perault
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Perault is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perault
- Red Lake Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
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- Trail) 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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