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Nearest Communities to Buchanan,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Buchanan is located in Stutsman County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stutsman County: Barnes, Foster, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan & Wells.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buchanan. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Stutsman 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 Buchanan (which is Stutsman 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 Buchanan

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

  • Stutsman County   (where Buchanan resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.stutsmancounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Stutsman:   Jamestown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buchanan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
      • Parkhurst
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Parkhurst is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
      • Pingree
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fried
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Fried is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fried
      • Eldridge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Eldridge is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
      • Spiritwood Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Spiritwood Lake is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
      • New Minneapolis ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • New Minneapolis was located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Minneapolis
      • Jamestown
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Frontier Village
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Frontier Village is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
      • Edmunds
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Edmunds is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds
      • Vashti
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Vashti is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
      • Bloom
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Bloom is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Clementsville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Clementsville is also located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Jamestown Junction
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Jamestown Junction is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
        • Windsor
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Windsor is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
        • Johnson
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Johnson is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
        • Courtenay
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Homer
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Homer is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
        • Durupt
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Durupt is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durupt
        • Kensal
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Kensal is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensal
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kensal <3>
        • Kloze
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Kloze is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloze
        • Reeves
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Reeves is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves
        • Spiritwood
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Cleveland
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Goldwin
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Goldwin is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldwin
        • Woodworth
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Sydney
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Sydney is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney
        • Ypsilanti
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Medina
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Medina is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medina <3>
        • Sharlow
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Sharlow is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
        • Millarton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Millarton is also located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton
        • Montpelier
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Barnes County
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buchanan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buchanan.
      • Wimbledon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Urbana
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Urbana is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
      • Eckelson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Leal
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Leal is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
      • Odell ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Odell was located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Rogers
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sanborn
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dazey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Foster County
  • Griggs County

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- Buchanan) 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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