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Nearest Communities to Avoca,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 from Avoca.<1>

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

Avoca is located in Williams County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Williams County: Roosevelt (MT), Sheridan (MT), Burke, Divide, McKenzie & Mountrail.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Avoca. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Williams 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 Avoca (which is Williams 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 Avoca

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

  • Williams County   (where Avoca resides)
    • County Seat for Williams:   Williston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avoca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avoca.
      • Springbrook
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
        • Springbrook is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
      • Williston
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Epping
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epping have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
        • Epping is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epping <3>
      • Lake Jessie
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
        • Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
      • Wheelock
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheelock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
        • Wheelock is located in Williams County
      • Marmon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmon
        • Marmon is located in Williams County
      • Trenton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lunds Landing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunds Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Landing
        • Lunds Landing is located in Williams County
      • Ray
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
        • Ray is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ray <3>
      • Marley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
        • Marley is located in Williams County
      • Bonetraill
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonetraill
        • Bonetraill is located in Williams County
      • West Bonetraill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bonetraill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bonetraill
        • West Bonetraill is located in Williams County
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Temple
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
          • Temple is located in Williams County
        • Gladys
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladys have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
          • Gladys is located in Williams County
        • Buford
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
          • Buford is located in Williams County
        • Appam
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appam
          • Appam is located in Williams County
        • Alamo
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Zahl
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Corinth
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
          • Corinth is located in Williams County
        • Tioga
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
          • Tioga is located in Williams County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tioga <3>
  • McKenzie County
    • County Seat for McKenzie:   Watford City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avoca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avoca.
      • Banks ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
        • Banks is located in McKenzie County
      • Alexander
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Rawson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rawson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
        • Rawson is located in McKenzie County
      • Charbonneau
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
        • Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County
      • Arnegard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnegard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnegard
        • Arnegard is located in McKenzie County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnegard <3>
      • Watford City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watford City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watford City
        • Watford City is located in McKenzie County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,944 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watford City <3>
      • Cartwright
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dore
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
        • Dore is located in McKenzie County
      • Schafer
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schafer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schafer
        • Schafer is located in McKenzie County
  • Richland County
  • Roosevelt County
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Wolf Point (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avoca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avoca.
      • Fort Union ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Union have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Union
        • Fort Union is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
      • Snowden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
        • Snowden is located in Roosevelt County (MT)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avoca) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avoca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1850, Longitude: -103.5241       In this case, the coordinates for Avoca have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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