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Nearest Communities to Considine,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Considine.<1>

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


Considine is located in Towner County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Towner County: Benson, Cavalier, Pierce, Ramsey & Rolette.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Considine. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Towner 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 Considine (which is Towner 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 Considine

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

  • Towner County   (where Considine resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.tccounty.com/
    • County Seat for Towner:   Cando
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Considine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Considine.
      • Arndt
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Arndt is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndt
      • Bisbee
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cando
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Egeland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Olmstead
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Olmstead is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
      • Crocus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Crocus is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocus
      • Maza
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Maza is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maza
      • Newville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Newville is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
      • Perth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocklake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Amourdale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Amourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amourdale
      • Armourdale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Armourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armourdale
      • Hansboro
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Benson County
    • County Website:   https://www.bensoncountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Benson:   Minnewaukan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Considine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Considine.
      • Niles
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Niles is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Leeds
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • York
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Knox
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinsmade
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
      • Comstock
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Comstock is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Tilden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Tilden is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
      • Harlow
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Harlow is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
  • Cavalier County
    • County Website:   https://cavaliercounty.us/
    • County Seat for Cavalier:   Langdon
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Considine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Considine.
      • Calio
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Calio is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calio
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
      • Munich
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Munich is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munich
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Clyde
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Clyde is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Weaver
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Weaver is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
      • Calvin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alsen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sarles
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pierce County
  • Ramsey County
    • County Website:   https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Ramsey:   Devils Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Considine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Considine.
      • Saint Joe
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Saint Joe is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
      • Starkweather
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Churchs Ferry
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Garske
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Garske is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garske
      • Penn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Webster
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hampden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ramsey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Ramsey is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
      • Grand Harbor
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
      • Sweetwater
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Sweetwater is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
  • Rolette 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Considine) 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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