Nearest Communities to Brorson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Brorson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Brorson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Brorson is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Richland County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Dawson, McCone, Roosevelt, Wibaux & McKenzie (ND).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brorson. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Richland County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Brorson (which is Richland 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 Brorson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Richland County (where Brorson resides)
- County Website: https://www.richland.org/
- County Seat for Richland: Sidney
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Brorson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Brorson.
- Sidney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wooley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wooley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley
- Girard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Girard is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Fischer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fischer Park is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fischer Park
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Ridgelawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgelawn is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelawn
- Newlon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newlon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlon Junction
- Sioux Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sioux Pass is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Pass
- Ludington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ludington is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Piche
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Piche is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piche
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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- Sears ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sears is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
- Fox Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Lake is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Lambert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nohly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nohly is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohly
- Andes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Andes is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andes
- Hoffmanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hoffmanville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmanville
- Midway
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Mona ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mona is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mona
- Knife River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Knife River is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
- Savage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Enid
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Enid is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
- Burns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burns is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Roosevelt County
- County Website: https://www.rooseveltcountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Wolf Point
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Brorson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Brorson.
- Fort Union ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Union is located in Roosevelt County
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- Snowden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Snowden is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Lakeside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Bainville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lanark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lanark is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Culbertson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- McKenzie County
- County Website: https://mckenziecountynd.gov/
- County Seat for McKenzie: Watford City (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Brorson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Brorson.
- East Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Fairview is located in McKenzie County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairview
- Harding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Dore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dore is located in McKenzie County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
- Cartwright
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Charbonneau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
- Squaw Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Squaw Gap is located in McKenzie County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Gap
- Alexander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Skaar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skaar is located in McKenzie County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaar
- Williams County
- County Website: https://www.williamsnd.com/
- County Seat for Williams: Williston (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Brorson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Brorson.
- Buford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buford is located in Williams County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Marley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marley is located in Williams County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Brorson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brorson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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