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Nearest Communities to Hesper,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 starting from Hesper.<1>

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

Hesper is located in Benson County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Benson County: Eddy, Nelson, Pierce, Ramsey, Towner & Wells.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hesper. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Benson 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 Hesper (which is Benson 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 Hesper

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

  • Benson County   (where Hesper resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bensoncountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Benson:   Minnewaukan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hesper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hesper.
      • Maddock
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Isabel
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Esmond
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Flora
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Flora is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
      • Baker
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Baker is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Harlow
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Harlow is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
      • Josephine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Josephine is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
      • Comstock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Comstock is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Fillmore
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Fillmore is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
      • Minnewaukan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lallie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Lallie is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lallie
      • Brinsmade
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Oberon
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Tilden
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Tilden is located in Benson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
        • Leeds
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • York
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Knox
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Niles
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Niles is located in Benson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
        • Pleasant Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
        • Fort Totten
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Eddy County
  • McHenry County
  • Pierce County
    • County Website:   https://www.piercecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Pierce:   Rugby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hesper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hesper.
      • Selz
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Selz is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selz
      • Silva
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Silva is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
      • Clifton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Clifton is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Balta
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Orrin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Aylmer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Aylmer is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylmer
  • Ramsey County
  • Sheridan County
  • Wells County
    • County Website:   https://www.wellscountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Wells:   Fessenden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hesper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hesper.
      • Wellsburg
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Wellsburg is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsburg
      • Heimdal
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Heimdal is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heimdal
      • Hamberg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Manfred
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Manfred is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
      • Bremen
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Harvey
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fessenden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Emrick
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Emrick is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emrick

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hesper) 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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