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Nearest Communities to Max,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note 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.

Max is located in McLean County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLean County: Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Sheridan & Ward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Max. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than McLean 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 Max (which is McLean 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 Max

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

  • McLean County   (where Max resides)
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Max   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Max.
      • Benedict
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • 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>
      • Garrison
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Garrison is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,458 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrison <4>
      • Ruso
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Coleharbor
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleharbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleharbor
        • Coleharbor is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleharbor <4>
      • Emmet
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
      • Riverdale Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Riverdale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Roseglen
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Underwood
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
        • Underwood is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Underwood <4>
      • White Shield
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Shield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
      • Turtle Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Butte
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • 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
  • McHenry County
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Max   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Max.
      • Kongsberg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kongsberg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsberg
        • Kongsberg is located in McHenry County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Kongsberg
        • From Max to Kongsberg
      • Velva
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Voltaire
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Bergen
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
      • Genoa
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Simcoe
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
  • Mercer County
  • Mountrail County
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Max   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Max.
      • Douglas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • South Prairie
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • Ryder
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hesnault
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesnault have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesnault
        • Hesnault is located in Ward County
      • Sawyer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Drady
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drady
        • Drady is located in Ward County
      • Logan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • Makoti
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Minot
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Surrey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Ralston
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ralston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
        • Ralston is located in Ward 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- Max) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Max. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8235, Longitude: -101.2963    
<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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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