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Nearest Communities to Essex,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Essex.<1>

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

Essex is located in Ramsey County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Essex. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Ramsey 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 Essex (which is Ramsey 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 Essex

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

  • Ramsey County   (where Essex resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Ramsey:   Devils Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essex   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essex.
      • Keith
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Keith is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Rohrville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Rohrville is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrville
      • Devils Lake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Crary
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweetwater
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Sweetwater is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Southam
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Southam is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southam
      • Camp Grafton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Camp Grafton is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Grafton
      • Lakewood Park
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Lakewood Park is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Park
      • Doyon
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Doyon is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyon
      • Darby
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Darby is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
      • Grand Harbor
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
      • Webster
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Bartlett
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
        • Ramsey
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Ramsey is located in Ramsey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
        • Garske
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Garske is located in Ramsey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garske
        • Penn
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Brocket
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Lawton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchs Ferry
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Starkweather
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Edmore
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Derrick
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Derrick is located in Ramsey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derrick
        • Saint Joe
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Saint Joe is located in Ramsey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
        • Hampden
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Benson County
    • County Website:   https://www.bensoncountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Benson:   Minnewaukan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essex   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essex.
      • Saint Michael
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tokio
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Fort Totten
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Warwick
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lallie
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Lallie is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lallie
      • Minnewaukan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Tilden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Tilden is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
      • Oberon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinsmade
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Josephine
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Josephine is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
      • Comstock
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Comstock is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Niles
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Niles is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
  • Eddy County
  • Nelson County
    • County Website:   https://www.nelsonco.org/
    • County Seat for Nelson:   Lakota
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essex   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essex.
      • Lakota
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Wamduska ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wamduska is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamduska
      • Mapes
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Mapes is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
      • Pelto
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Pelto is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelto
      • Tolna
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Whitman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Whitman is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Michigan City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Michigan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Pekin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Towner 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 from Point A (ie- Essex) 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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