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Nearest Communities to Leal,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.<1>

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


Leal is located in Barnes County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Leal. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Barnes 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 Leal (which is Barnes 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 Leal

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

  • Barnes County   (where Leal resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leal.
      • Rogers
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Odell ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Odell is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Dazey
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wimbledon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Eckelson
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Sanborn
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Urbana
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Urbana is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
      • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
      • Nobart ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Nobart is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobart
      • Berea
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Berea is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Sibley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Sibley is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
      • North Valley City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Valley City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Peak
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Peak is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
        • Pillsbury
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
        • Oriska
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Cuba
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Cuba is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
        • Hastings
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Hastings is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
        • Koldok
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Koldok is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koldok
  • Cass County
  • Foster County
  • Griggs County
    • County Website:   https://www.griggscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Griggs:   Cooperstown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leal.
      • Walum
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Walum is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
      • Hannaford
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Karnak
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Karnak is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
      • Revere
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Revere is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
      • Sutton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Shepard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Shepard is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
      • Cooperstown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mardell ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Mardell is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardell
      • Jessie
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Steele County
  • Stutsman County
    • County Website:   https://www.stutsmancounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Stutsman:   Jamestown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leal.
      • Durupt
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Durupt is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durupt
      • Clementsville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Clementsville is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
      • Johnson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Johnson is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Spiritwood Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
      • Courtenay
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Spiritwood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fried
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Fried is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fried
      • Bloom
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Reeves
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Reeves is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves
      • Jamestown
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkhurst
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
      • Kensal
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Frontier Village
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
        • Jamestown Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
        • Homer
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Homer is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
        • Buchanan
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Ypsilanti
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Eldridge
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Eldridge is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
        • Pingree
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Kloze
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Kloze is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloze
        • Montpelier
          (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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leal) 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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