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Nearest Communities to Forest River Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Forest River Colony.<1>

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

Forest River Colony is located in Grand Forks County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grand Forks County: Polk (MN), Nelson, Steele, Traill & Walsh.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Forest River Colony. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Grand Forks 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 Forest River Colony (which is Grand Forks 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 Forest River Colony

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

  • Grand Forks County   (where Forest River Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Forks:   Grand Forks
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Forest River Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Forest River Colony.
      • Inkster
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Orr
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Johnstown
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
      • McCanna
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
      • Gilby
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <3>
      • Honeyford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Honeyford is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyford
      • Niagara
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Shawnee
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Hannah Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
      • Larimore
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Mekinock
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Arvilla
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
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        • Emerado
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Kelly
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
        • Manvel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <3>
        • Kempton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
        • Logan Center
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Logan Center is located in Grand Forks County
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        • Ojata ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Ojata is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojata
        • Powell
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Powell is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Cavalier County
  • Nelson County
    • County Website:   https://www.nelsonco.org/
    • County Seat for Nelson:   Lakota
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Forest River Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Forest River Colony.
      • Dahlen
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Dahlen is located in Nelson County
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      • Petersburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitman
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Whitman is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Michigan City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Michigan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pelto
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Pelto is located in Nelson County
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      • Mapes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Mapes is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
  • Pembina County
  • Ramsey County
  • Walsh County
    • County Website:   https://walshcountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Walsh:   Grafton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Forest River Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Forest River Colony.
      • Conway
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Conway is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
      • Fordville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ops
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ops is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ops
      • Pisek
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Forest River
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Veseleyville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Veseleyville is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veseleyville
      • Voss
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Voss is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voss
      • Lankin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Praha ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Praha is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Park River
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Ardoch
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
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        • Mandt
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Mandt is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt
        • Kellogg
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Kellogg is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
        • Minto
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Herriott
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Herriott is located in Walsh County
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        • Kerry ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Kerry is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
        • Grafton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Nash
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Nash is located in Walsh County
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        • Poland
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Poland is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
        • Warsaw
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Warsaw is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
        • Edinburg
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Adams
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Hoople
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Auburn
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Auburn is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
        • Oakwood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Oakwood is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
        • Cashel ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Cashel is located in Walsh County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashel
  • Marshall County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Forest River Colony) 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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