Nearest Communities to Medora,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Medora, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Medora:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Medora.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Medora is located in Billings County and is the County Seat.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Billings County: Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope & Stark.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Medora. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Billings 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 Medora (which is Billings 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 Medora
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Billings County (where Medora resides)
- County Seat for Billings: Medora
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Billings County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Billings County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Billings County
- Nearest Communities to Medora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Medora.
- Scoria Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scoria Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoria Point
- Scoria Point is located in Billings County
- Sully Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sully Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sully Springs
- Sully Springs is located in Billings County
- Fryburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Fryburg is located in Billings County
- Six Mile Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Mile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Corner
- Six Mile Corner is located in Billings County
- Gorham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Fairfield is located in Billings County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <4>
- Dunn County
- County Seat for Dunn: Manning
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Dunn County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Dunn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Dunn County
- Nearest Communities to Medora ...
- New Hradec
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hradec
- New Hradec is located in Dunn County
- Former name for New Hradec:
- Novy Hradec
- New Hradec
- Golden Valley County
- County Seat for Golden Valley: Beach
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Golden Valley County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Golden Valley County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Golden Valley County
- Nearest Communities to Medora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Medora.
- Rider
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - De Mores
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Sentinel Butte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sentinel Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Butte
- Sentinel Butte is located in Golden Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sentinel Butte <4>
- Chama
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Alpha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Ekre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Beach is located in Golden Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beach <4>
- Thelan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Golva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golva
- Golva is located in Golden Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golva <4>
- Slope County
- County Seat for Slope: Amidon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- Nearest Communities to Medora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Medora.
- Walser Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walser Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walser Crossing
- Walser Crossing is located in Slope County
- Three V Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three V Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three V Crossing
- Three V Crossing is located in Slope County
- Stark County
- County Seat for Stark: Dickinson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Stark County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Stark County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Stark County
- Nearest Communities to Medora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Medora.
- Belfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfield
- Belfield is located in Stark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belfield <4>
- Gaylord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Zenith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - South Heart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Heart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heart
- South Heart is located in Stark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Heart <4>
- Daglum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Eland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wibaux County
- County Seat for Wibaux: Wibaux (MT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Wibaux County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Wibaux County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Wibaux County
- Nearest Communities to Medora ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Medora.
- Yates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Saint Phillip
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Phillip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Phillip
- Saint Phillip is located in Wibaux County (MT)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Medora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Medora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9142, Longitude: -103.5230 |
| <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. |