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Nearest Communities to Gorham,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Gorham is located in Billings County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Billings County: Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope & Stark.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gorham. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Billings 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 Gorham (which is Billings 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 Gorham

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

  • Billings County   (where Gorham resides)
    • County Seat for Billings:   Medora
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gorham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gorham.
      • Fairfield
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Six Mile Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Mile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Corner
        • Six Mile Corner is located in Billings County
      • Scoria Point
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scoria Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoria Point
        • Scoria Point is located in Billings County
      • Fryburg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
        • Fryburg is located in Billings County
      • Sully Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sully Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sully Springs
        • Sully Springs is located in Billings County
      • Medora
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunn County
    • County Seat for Dunn:   Manning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gorham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gorham.
      • Fayette
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
        • Fayette is located in Dunn County
      • New Hradec
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hradec
        • New Hradec is located in Dunn County
        • Former name for New Hradec:
        • Novy Hradec
      • Manning
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Medicine Hole
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Hole
        • Medicine Hole is located in Dunn County
      • Killdeer
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killdeer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killdeer
        • Killdeer is located in Dunn County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killdeer <3>
      • Oakdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
        • Oakdale is located in Dunn County
  • Golden Valley County
    • County Seat for Golden Valley:   Beach
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gorham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gorham.
      • Rider
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rider have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
        • Rider is located in Golden Valley County
      • De Mores
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Mores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Mores
        • De Mores is located in Golden Valley County
      • Sentinel Butte
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sentinel Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Butte
        • Sentinel Butte is located in Golden Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sentinel Butte <3>
  • McKenzie County
  • Stark County
    • County Seat for Stark:   Dickinson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gorham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gorham.
      • Belfield
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfield
        • Belfield is located in Stark County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belfield <3>
      • Zenith
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenith have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
        • Zenith is located in Stark County
      • South Heart
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gaylord
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaylord have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
        • Gaylord is located in Stark County
      • Eland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
        • Eland is located in Stark County
      • Dickinson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gorham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gorham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1486, Longitude: -103.3074       In this case, the coordinates for Gorham 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.




 

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