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Nearest Communities to Benedict,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Benedict.<1>

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

Benedict is located in McLean County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLean County: Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Sheridan & Ward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Benedict. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than McLean 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 Benedict (which is McLean 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 Benedict

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

  • McLean County   (where Benedict resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benedict   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benedict.
      • Ruso
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Max
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Max is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Max <3>
      • Butte
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Butte is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Garrison
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Coleharbor
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Riverdale Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Riverdale Junction is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Junction
      • Turtle Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Underwood
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Riverdale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mercer
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Emmet
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
  • McHenry County
    • County Website:   https://www.mchenrycountynd.com/
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benedict   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benedict.
      • Kongsberg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Kongsberg is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsberg
      • Velva
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Velva is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velva
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Velva <3>
      • Voltaire
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bergen
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bergen is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
      • Simcoe
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Simcoe is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
      • Genoa
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Genoa is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
      • Verendrye
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Verendrye is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verendrye
      • Balfour
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Kief
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Karlsruhe
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwich
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Norwich is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Mercer County
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benedict   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benedict.
      • Sawyer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • South Prairie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • South Prairie is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Prairie
      • Douglas
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Logan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Logan is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Hesnault
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hesnault is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesnault
      • Drady
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Drady is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drady
      • Surrey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ryder
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Minot
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Benedict) 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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