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Nearest Communities to Interlaken,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Interlaken is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Steele County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Steele County: Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson & Traill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Interlaken. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Steele County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Interlaken (which is Steele 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 Interlaken

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

  • Steele County   (where Interlaken resides)
    • County Website:   https://steelecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Steele:   Finley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Interlaken   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Interlaken.
      • Sherbrooke
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Finley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pickert
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Pickert is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
      • Sharon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Blabon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Blabon is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blabon
      • Hope
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Colgate
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Colgate is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
      • Luverne
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Barnes County
  • Cass County
  • Grand Forks County
    • County Website:   https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Forks:   Grand Forks
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Interlaken   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Interlaken.
      • Northwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Kempton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
      • Logan Center
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Logan Center is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Center
      • Holmes
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Holmes is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
      • Larimore
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hannah Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
      • Arvilla
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Reynolds
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Shawnee
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Emerado
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Thompson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ojata ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Ojata is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojata
        • McCanna
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
        • Niagara
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Merrifield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Merrifield is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
  • Griggs County
  • Nelson County
  • Traill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Interlaken   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Interlaken.
      • Hatton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Portland Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Portland Junction is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Junction
      • Portland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Roseville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Mayville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Clifford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Murray
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Galesburg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Buxton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Blanchard
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Cummings
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Preston
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Preston is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
        • Taft
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Taft is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
        • Greenfield
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Greenfield is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
        • Hillsboro
          (29 miles [46.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Interlaken) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Interlaken, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.