Nearest Communities to Charlson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Charlson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Charlson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Charlson is located in McKenzie County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKenzie County: Richland (MT), Wibaux (MT), Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Mountrail & Williams.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Charlson. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than McKenzie 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 Charlson (which is McKenzie 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 Charlson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKenzie County (where Charlson resides)
- County Website: https://mckenziecountynd.gov/
- County Seat for McKenzie: Watford City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Charlson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Charlson.
- Hawkeye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hawkeye is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Keene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Four Bears Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
- Banks ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Banks is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Johnsons Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Corner is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
- Croff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Croff is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croff
- Schafer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Schafer is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schafer
- Mandaree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spotted Horn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spotted Horn is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotted Horn
- Watford City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLean County
- County Website: https://www.mcleancountynd.gov/
- County Seat for McLean: Washburn
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Charlson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Charlson.
- Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
- Shell Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Creek is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Mountrail County
- County Website: https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/
- County Seat for Mountrail: Stanley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Charlson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Charlson.
- Sanish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sanish is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
- New Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Manitou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- White Earth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Belden is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Van Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
- Stanley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Epworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Epworth is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Williams County
- County Website: https://www.williamsnd.com/
- County Seat for Williams: Williston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Charlson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Charlson.
- Lunds Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lunds Landing is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Landing
- Tioga
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ray
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Lake Jessie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Temple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Epping
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
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 from Point A (ie- Charlson) 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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