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Nearest Communities to Huff,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

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.

Huff is located in Morton County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morton County: Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Mercer, Oliver, Sioux & Stark.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Huff. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Morton 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 Huff (which is Morton 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 Huff

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

  • Morton County   (where Huff resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mortonnd.gov/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Mandan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huff.
      • Schmidt
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Schmidt is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt
      • Fort Rice
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lynwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Lynwood is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood
      • Saint Anthony
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village
      • Twin City Estates
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Twin City Estates is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City Estates
      • Mandan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Meadow Park
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Meadow Park is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
      • Rock Haven
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rock Haven is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
      • Sunny
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Sunny is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny
      • Breien
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Breien is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breien
      • Lyons
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
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        • Fallon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Fallon is located in Morton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
        • Timmer
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Timmer is located in Morton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timmer
        • Harmon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Harmon is located in Morton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
        • Sweet Briar
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Flasher
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Burleigh County
    • County Website:   https://www.burleigh.gov/
    • County Seat for Burleigh:   Bismarck
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huff.
      • Lincoln
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pierce
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Pierce is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
      • Colonial Estates
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Colonial Estates is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Estates
      • Tatley Meadows
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Tatley Meadows is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatley Meadows
      • Apple Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Hillcrest Acres
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Hillcrest Acres is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Acres
      • Brittin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Brittin is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittin
      • Bismarck
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Holiday Park
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
      • Stardust Terrace
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Stardust Terrace is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stardust Terrace
      • Mister Bs Estates
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Mister Bs Estates is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mister Bs Estates
      • Menoken
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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  • Emmons County
  • Sioux County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Huff) 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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