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Nearest Communities to Kenaston,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Kenaston.<1>

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


Kenaston is located in Ward County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ward County: Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail & Renville.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kenaston. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Ward 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 Kenaston (which is Ward 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 Kenaston

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

  • Ward County   (where Kenaston resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kenaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kenaston.
      • Kenmare
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Baden
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Baden is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
      • Niobe
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Niobe is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
      • Donnybrook
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Nine Mile Corner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Nine Mile Corner is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile Corner
      • Aurelia
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Aurelia is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelia
      • Hartland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Hartland is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Carpio
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Berthold
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Foxholm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Foxholm is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxholm
  • Bottineau County
  • Burke County
    • County Website:   https://www.burkecountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Burke:   Bowbells
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kenaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kenaston.
      • Vanville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Vanville is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanville
      • Coteau
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Coteau is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau
      • Bowbells
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Perella
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Perella is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perella
      • Woburn
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Woburn is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn
      • Flaxton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Powers Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Northgate
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Northgate is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
      • Lignite
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sevenmile Corner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sevenmile Corner is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
      • Rival ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Rival is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
  • Mountrail County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kenaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kenaston.
      • Coulee
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Coulee is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee
      • Lostwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
      • Blaisdell
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Palermo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wassaic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Wassaic is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassaic
      • Tagus
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Tagus is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
      • Lunds Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Lunds Valley is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Valley
      • Stanley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ross
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ross is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <3>
  • Renville County
    • County Website:   https://www.renvillecountynd.org/
    • County Seat for Renville:   Mohall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kenaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kenaston.
      • Norma
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Norma is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
      • Tolley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Greene
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Greene is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
      • Grano
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Grano is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grano
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Chola
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Chola is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chola
      • Mohall
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Loraine
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Loraine is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loraine
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people

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 from Point A (ie- Kenaston) 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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