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Nearest Communities to Josephine,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Josephine.<1>

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

Josephine 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 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Josephine. Of these communities, 30 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 Josephine (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 Josephine

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

  • Benson County   (where Josephine resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bensoncountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Benson:   Minnewaukan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Josephine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Josephine.
      • Flora
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Flora is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
      • Oberon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Lallie
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lallie is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lallie
      • Minnewaukan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Maddock
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hesper
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Hesper is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
      • Fort Totten
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Comstock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Comstock is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Tilden
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Tilden is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
      • Brinsmade
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Isabel
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harlow
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Harlow is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Saint Michael
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Baker
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Baker is located in Benson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
        • Esmond
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Tokio
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Niles
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Niles is located in Benson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
        • Leeds
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Fillmore
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Fillmore is located in Benson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
        • Warwick
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • York
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Eddy County
    • County Website:   https://www.eddycountynd.org/
    • County Seat for Eddy:   New Rockford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Josephine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Josephine.
      • Sheyenne
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Divide
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Divide is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
      • Munster
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Munster is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
      • New Rockford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dundas
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Dundas is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
      • Brantford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Brantford is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
  • Foster County
  • Pierce County
  • Ramsey County
    • County Website:   https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Ramsey:   Devils Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Josephine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Josephine.
      • Ramsey
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Ramsey is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
      • Camp Grafton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Grafton is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Grafton
      • Lakewood Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakewood Park is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Park
      • Darby
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Darby is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
      • Grand Harbor
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
      • Penn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Churchs Ferry
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Devils Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweetwater
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sweetwater is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Keith
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Keith is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Essex
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Essex is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
  • Wells County
    • County Website:   https://www.wellscountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Wells:   Fessenden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Josephine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Josephine.
      • Bremen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Hamberg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Heimdal
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Heimdal is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heimdal
      • Wellsburg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Wellsburg is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsburg
      • Fessenden
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Emrick
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Emrick is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emrick
      • Manfred
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Manfred is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
      • Cathay
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Harvey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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- Josephine) 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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