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Nearest Communities to Hastings,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Hastings.<1>

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


Hastings is located in Barnes County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hastings. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Barnes 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 Hastings (which is Barnes 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 Hastings

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

  • Barnes County   (where Hastings resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hastings   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hastings.
      • Litchville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kathryn
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Daily
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Daily is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
      • Eastedge
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Eastedge is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastedge
      • Nome
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cuba
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Cuba is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Fingal
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Lucca
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Lucca is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucca
      • Berea
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Berea is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Nobart ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Nobart is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobart
      • Valley City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • North Valley City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Sanborn
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Kibby ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Kibby is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibby
        • Peak
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Peak is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
        • Eckelson
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Oriska
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Urbana
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Urbana is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
        • Koldok
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Koldok is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koldok
        • Odell ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Odell is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
        • Rogers
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Leal
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Leal is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
  • Cass County
  • Dickey County
  • LaMoure County
    • County Website:   https://lamourecountynd.com/
    • County Seat for LaMoure:   LaMoure
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hastings   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hastings.
      • Marion
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Benson Corner
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Benson Corner is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Corner
      • Dickey
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Grand Rapids
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
      • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
      • Verona
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Adrian
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Independence
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Independence is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • LaMoure
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Berlin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ransom County
    • County Website:   https://ransomcountynd.net/
    • County Seat for Ransom:   Lisbon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hastings   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hastings.
      • Fort Ransom
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wisner ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Wisner is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
      • Englevale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Englevale is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
      • Enderlin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Elliott
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Elliott is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Buttzville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
      • Lisbon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sheldon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Anselm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Anselm is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
      • Brockway ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Brockway is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
  • Stutsman County
    • County Website:   https://www.stutsmancounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Stutsman:   Jamestown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hastings   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hastings.
      • Montpelier
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Ypsilanti
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Spiritwood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Reeves
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Reeves is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves
      • Johnson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Johnson is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Bloom
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Jamestown Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
      • Homer
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Homer is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Clementsville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Clementsville is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hastings) 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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