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Nearest Communities to Mercer,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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 from Mercer.<1>

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

Mercer 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 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mercer. Of these communities, 13 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 Mercer (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 Mercer

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

  • McLean County   (where Mercer resides)
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mercer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mercer.
      • Turtle Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Merida
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merida have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merida
        • Merida is located in McLean County
      • Falkirk
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkirk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkirk
        • Falkirk is located in McLean County
      • Washburn
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Underwood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
      • Riverdale Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Junction
        • Riverdale Junction is located in McLean County
      • Wilton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
        • Wilton is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <3>
      • Butte
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
      • Coleharbor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleharbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
      • Ruso
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Benedict
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benedict have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
      • Riverdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Burleigh County
    • County Website:   www.co.burleigh.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Burleigh:   Bismarck
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mercer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mercer.
      • Still
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Still have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
        • Still is located in Burleigh County
      • Regan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regan
        • Regan is located in Burleigh County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Regan <3>
  • McHenry County
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mercer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mercer.
      • Kongsberg
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kongsberg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsberg
        • Kongsberg is located in McHenry County
      • Kief
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Oliver County
    • County Seat for Oliver:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mercer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mercer.
      • Hensler
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
        • Hensler is located in Oliver County
      • Sanger
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
        • Sanger is located in Oliver County
      • Price
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
        • Price is located in Oliver County
      • Fort Clark
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Clark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Clark
        • Fort Clark is located in Oliver County
  • Sheridan County
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   McClusky
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mercer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mercer.
      • Pickardville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickardville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickardville
        • Pickardville is located in Sheridan County
      • McClusky
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Denhoff
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Valley
        • Lincoln Valley is located in Sheridan County
      • Goodrich
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodrich have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
        • Goodrich is located in Sheridan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodrich <3>

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- Mercer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mercer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4908, Longitude: -100.7107       In this case, the coordinates for Mercer 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.




 

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