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Nearest Communities to East Dunseith,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 starting from East Dunseith.<1>

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

East Dunseith is located in Rolette County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rolette County: Bottineau, Pierce & Towner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of East Dunseith. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Rolette 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 East Dunseith (which is Rolette 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 East Dunseith

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

  • Rolette County   (where East Dunseith resides)
    • County Website:   https://rolettecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Rolette:   Rolla
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Dunseith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Dunseith.
      • San Haven
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • San Haven is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Haven
      • Dunseith
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kelvin
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Kelvin is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
      • Shell Valley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Shell Valley is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Valley
      • Thorne
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Thorne is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
      • Belcourt
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Fonda
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Fonda is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
      • Saint John
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Rolette
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rolla
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Rolla is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <3>
      • Nanson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Nanson is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanson
      • Mylo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Agate
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bottineau County
    • County Website:   https://www.bottineauco.com/
    • County Seat for Bottineau:   Bottineau
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north and the Province of Saskatchewan to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Dunseith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Dunseith.
      • Overly
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Overly is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Tasco
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Tasco is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
      • Omemee ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Omemee is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omemee
      • Belmar
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Belmar is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
      • Bottineau
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Willow City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gardena
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Gardena is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
      • Carbury
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Carbury is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbury
      • White ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • White is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
      • Souris
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • McHenry County
  • Pierce County
  • Towner County
    • 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 East Dunseith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Dunseith.
      • Perth
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Amourdale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Amourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amourdale
      • Armourdale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Armourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armourdale
      • Hansboro
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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- East Dunseith) 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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