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Nearest Communities to Blabon,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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.

Blabon is located in Steele County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Steele County: Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson & Traill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blabon. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Steele 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 Blabon (which is Steele 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 Blabon

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

  • Steele County   (where Blabon resides)
    • County Website:   https://steelecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Steele:   Finley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blabon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blabon.
      • Pickert
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pickert is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
      • Sherbrooke
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Hope
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Finley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Colgate
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Colgate is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
      • Luverne
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Interlaken ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Interlaken is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
  • Barnes County
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blabon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blabon.
      • Pillsbury
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Sibley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sibley is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
      • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
      • Dazey
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rogers
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Odell ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Odell is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blabon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blabon.
      • Walden
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Walden is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Page
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Nolan ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Nolan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Erie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ayr
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Erie Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Erie Junction is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
      • Hunter
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Forks County
  • Griggs County
    • County Website:   https://www.griggscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Griggs:   Cooperstown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blabon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blabon.
      • Mardell ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Mardell is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardell
      • Karnak
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Karnak is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
      • Cooperstown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Shepard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Shepard is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
      • Hannaford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Walum
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Walum is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
      • Jessie
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Revere
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Revere is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
      • Binford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sutton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Nelson County
  • Traill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blabon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blabon.
      • Clifford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Roseville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Galesburg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Portland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Mayville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hatton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Portland Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Portland Junction is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Junction
      • Murray
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Blanchard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Preston
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Preston is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Greenfield
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Greenfield is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield

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- Blabon) 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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