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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
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.
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 also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley
- Girard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Girard is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Fischer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fischer Park is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fischer Park
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Ridgelawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgelawn is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelawn
- Newlon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newlon Junction is also 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 also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Pass
- Ludington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ludington is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Piche
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Piche is also 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 was located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
- Fox Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Lake is also 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 also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohly
- Andes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Andes is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andes
- Hoffmanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hoffmanville is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmanville
- Midway
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Midway is also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Mona ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mona was located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mona
- Knife River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Knife River is also 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 also located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
- Burns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burns is also 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 was 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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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