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Nearest Communities to Kongsberg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 Kongsberg.<1>

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

Kongsberg 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kongsberg. Of these communities, 16 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 Kongsberg (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 Kongsberg

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

  • McHenry County   (where Kongsberg resides)
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kongsberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kongsberg.
      • Bergen
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • Voltaire
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Kief
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Balfour
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Velva
        (15 miles [24.1 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>
      • Verendrye
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • Karlsruhe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Rangeley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
      • Drake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • 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>
      • Simcoe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • Guthrie
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Anamoose
        (25 miles [40.2 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>
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Genoa
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Funston
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Granville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Norwich
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
          • Norwich is located in McHenry County
        • Riga
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
          • Riga is located in McHenry County
  • McLean County
  • Pierce County
  • Sheridan County
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   McClusky
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kongsberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kongsberg.
      • Lincoln Valley
        (27 miles [43.5 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
      • Pickardville
        (28 miles [45.1 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
      • McClusky
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kongsberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kongsberg.
      • Sawyer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
        • Sawyer is located in Ward County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <4>
      • Logan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
        • Logan is located in Ward County
      • South Prairie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Prairie
        • South Prairie is located in Ward County
      • Surrey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surrey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
        • Surrey is located in Ward County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surrey <4>

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- Kongsberg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kongsberg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8520, Longitude: -100.8004       In this case, the coordinates for Kongsberg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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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