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Nearest Communities to Breien,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Breien is located in Morton County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morton County: Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Mercer, Oliver, Sioux & Stark.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Breien. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Morton 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 Breien (which is Morton 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 Breien

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

  • Morton County   (where Breien resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mortonnd.gov/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Mandan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Breien   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Breien.
      • Timmer
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Timmer is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timmer
      • Fallon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Fallon is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
      • Flasher
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Saint Anthony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lynwood
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Lynwood is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood
      • Fort Rice
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Fort Rice is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rice
      • Schmidt
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Schmidt is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt
      • Huff
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Huff is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
      • On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village
      • Lyons
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Meadow Park
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Meadow Park is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
      • Twin City Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Twin City Estates is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City Estates
  • Burleigh County
    • County Website:   https://www.burleigh.gov/
    • County Seat for Burleigh:   Bismarck
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Breien   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Breien.
      • Tatley Meadows
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Tatley Meadows is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatley Meadows
      • Lincoln
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Colonial Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Colonial Estates is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Estates
      • Bismarck
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Holiday Park
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
      • Parkview Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Parkview Estates is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview Estates
      • Pierce
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Pierce is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
      • Stardust Terrace
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Stardust Terrace is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stardust Terrace
  • Emmons County
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Carson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Breien   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Breien.
      • Freda
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Freda is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freda
      • Shields
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Raleigh
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Saint Gertrude
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Saint Gertrude is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gertrude
      • Lark
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Lark is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
      • Brisbane
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Brisbane is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
      • Carson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sioux County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Breien) 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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