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Nearest Communities to Golden Valley,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.<1>

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

Golden Valley is located in Mercer County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Dunn, McLean, Morton, Oliver & Stark.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Golden Valley. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Mercer 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 Golden Valley (which is Mercer 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 Golden Valley

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

  • Mercer County   (where Golden Valley resides)
    • County Seat for Mercer:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golden Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golden Valley.
      • Zap
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zap
        • Zap is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zap <3>
      • Beulah
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
        • Beulah is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <3>
      • Beaver Creek ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
        • Beaver Creek is located in Mercer County
      • Red Butte ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Butte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Butte
        • Red Butte is located in Mercer County
      • Hazen
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Truax
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truax have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
        • Truax is located in Mercer County
      • Krem ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Krem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krem
        • Krem is located in Mercer County
  • Dunn County
    • County Seat for Dunn:   Manning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golden Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golden Valley.
      • Dodge
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Halliday
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Marshall
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Buttes
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
        • Twin Buttes is located in Dunn County
      • Werner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Werner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werner
        • Werner is located in Dunn County
      • Dunn Center
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Center
        • Dunn Center is located in Dunn County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn Center <3>
      • Hirschville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hirschville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hirschville
        • Hirschville is located in Dunn County
      • Emerson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
        • Emerson is located in Dunn County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golden Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golden Valley.
      • Nishu ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nishu. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishu
        • Nishu is located in McLean County
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbowoods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
        • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
      • White Shield
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Shield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
      • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucky Mound. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
        • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
  • Morton County
  • Oliver County
  • Stark County
    • County Seat for Stark:   Dickinson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golden Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golden Valley.
      • Antelope
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
        • Antelope is located in Stark County
      • Richardton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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- Golden Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Golden Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2906, Longitude: -102.0652       In this case, the coordinates for Golden Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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