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Nearest Communities to Waukon,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Waukon is located in Norman County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Norman County: Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Polk, Cass (ND) & Traill (ND).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Waukon. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Norman 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 Waukon (which is Norman 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 Waukon

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

  • Norman County   (where Waukon resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waukon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waukon.
      • Ranum
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Ranum is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranum
      • Faith
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Faith is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
      • Sundal
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sundal is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundal
      • Gary
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Flaming
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Flaming is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
      • Rindal
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Rindal is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
      • Fossum
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Fossum is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
      • Heiberg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Heiberg is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberg
      • Twin Valley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
      • Flom
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Syre
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Syre is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
      • Ada
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Ada is located in Norman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <3>
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        • Hadler
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Hadler is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
        • Lockhart
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Lockhart is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
        • Borup
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Borup is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Anthony
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Anthony is located in Norman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Becker County
  • Clay 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 Waukon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waukon.
      • Jack Pine
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
      • Ebro
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Ebro is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
      • Rice Lake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
      • Big Bear Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
      • Bonga Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
      • Bush Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
  • Mahnomen County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mahnomen.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Mahnomen:   Mahnomen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waukon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waukon.
      • Mahnomen
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bejou
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Beaulieu
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Beaulieu is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaulieu
      • Waubun
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahkonce
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Mahkonce is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahkonce
      • Naytahwaush
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Pine Bend
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
      • Roy Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waukon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waukon.
      • Winger
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fertile
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Bay
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
      • Erskine
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • McIntosh
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Melvin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Melvin is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
      • Mentor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • West View Court
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • West View Court is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West View Court
      • Beltrami
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Beltrami is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Dugdale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Dugdale is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
      • Fosston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Tilden Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Tilden Junction is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Junction
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        • Lengby
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Lengby is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lengby
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
        • Benoit
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Benoit is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
        • Greenview
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Greenview is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
        • Harold
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Harold is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
        • Olga
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Olga is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Red Lake County

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