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Nearest Communities to Kief,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Kief is located in McHenry County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McHenry County: Bottineau, McLean, Pierce, Renville, Sheridan & Ward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kief. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than McHenry 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 Kief (which is McHenry 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 Kief

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

  • McHenry County   (where Kief resides)
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kief   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kief.
      • Balfour
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balfour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
        • Balfour is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Balfour <4>
      • Drake
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
        • Drake is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drake <4>
      • Guthrie
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
        • Guthrie is located in McHenry County
      • Anamoose
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anamoose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anamoose
        • Anamoose is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anamoose <4>
      • Rangeley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rangeley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeley
        • Rangeley is located in McHenry County
      • Bergen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bergen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
        • Bergen is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
      • Kongsberg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kongsberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsberg
        • Kongsberg is located in McHenry County
      • Funston
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
        • Funston is located in McHenry County
      • Karlsruhe
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Karlsruhe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karlsruhe
        • Karlsruhe is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Karlsruhe <4>
      • Voltaire
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voltaire have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voltaire
        • Voltaire is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Voltaire <4>
      • Verendrye
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verendrye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verendrye
        • Verendrye is located in McHenry County
      • Velva
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velva
        • Velva is located in McHenry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Velva <4>
      • Simcoe
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simcoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
        • Simcoe is located in McHenry County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kief   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kief.
      • Butte
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
        • Butte is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Ruso
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Benedict
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benedict have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
        • Benedict is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benedict <4>
      • Mercer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
        • Mercer is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mercer <4>
      • Turtle Lake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierce County
    • County Seat for Pierce:   Rugby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kief   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kief.
      • Aylmer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aylmer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylmer
        • Aylmer is located in Pierce County
      • Clifton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
        • Clifton is located in Pierce County
      • Orrin
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Selz
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selz
        • Selz is located in Pierce County
      • Balta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
        • Balta is located in Pierce County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Balta <4>
  • Sheridan County
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   McClusky
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kief   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kief.
      • Martin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
        • Martin is located in Sheridan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <4>
      • Lincoln Valley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Valley
        • Lincoln Valley is located in Sheridan County
      • McClusky
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pickardville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickardville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickardville
        • Pickardville is located in Sheridan County
      • Denhoff
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ward County
  • Wells County

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kief) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kief. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8585, Longitude: -100.5122    
<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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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