Nearest Communities to Ulen,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ulen, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ulen:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ulen.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ulen is located in Clay County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ulen. Of these communities, 45 are located in counties other than Clay 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 Ulen (which is Clay 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 Ulen
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Clay County (where Ulen resides)
- County Website: https://claycountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Clay: Moorhead
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ulen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ulen.
- Hitterdal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Manitoba Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manitoba Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitoba Junction
- Felton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Winnipeg Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
- Hawley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Averill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Averill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Muskoda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Glyndon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rollag
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rollag is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
- Kragnes
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Dilworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
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- Downer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Downer is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Oakport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Tansem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tansem is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
- Moorhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sabin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Baker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Finkle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Barnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Becker County
- County Website: https://www.co.becker.mn.us/
- County Seat for Becker: Detroit Lakes
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ulen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ulen.
- Ogema
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ogema is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogema
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Lake Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- LaBelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- LaBelle is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBelle
- Callaway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Earth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Audubon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westbury is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
- Richwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richwood is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Richards
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Richards is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
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- Cormorant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cormorant is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
- Detroit Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Eunice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Eunice is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Eunice
- Shoreham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shoreham is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreham
- Bucks Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
- Rochert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mahnomen County
- County Website: https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
- County Seat for Mahnomen: Mahnomen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ulen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ulen.
- Waubun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahnomen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaulieu
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
- Bejou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norman County
- County Website: https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
- County Seat for Norman: Ada
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ulen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ulen.
- Syre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Syre is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
- Flom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fossum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fossum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
- Twin Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Valley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Borup
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Borup is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Heiberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Heiberg is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberg
- Faith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faith is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Ada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waukon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waukon is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Hadler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hadler is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
- Flaming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Flaming is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
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- Ranum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ranum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
- Sundal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sundal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
- Anthony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Perley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Perley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hendrum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Lockhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lockhart is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Rindal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rindal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
- Otter Tail County
- County Website: https://ottertailcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Otter Tail: Fergus Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ulen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ulen.
- Clear View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Dunvilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dunvilla is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunvilla
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountynd.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Fargo (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ulen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ulen.
- North River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North River is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Fargo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brooktree Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brooktree Park is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooktree Park
- Harwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reile's Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 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- Ulen) 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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