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Nearest Communities to Merida,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Merida 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merida. Of these communities, 31 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 Merida (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 Merida

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

  • McLean County   (where Merida resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merida.
      • Washburn
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Falkirk
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Falkirk is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkirk
      • Underwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Turtle Lake
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Mercer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverdale Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverdale Junction is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Junction
      • Coleharbor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverdale
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Burleigh County
    • County Website:   https://www.burleigh.gov/
    • County Seat for Burleigh:   Bismarck
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merida.
      • Still
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Still is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
      • Wogansport
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Wogansport is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wogansport
      • Baldwin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Regan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Midway
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Midway is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Double Ditch Indian Village
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Arnold
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Arnold is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
      • Hay Creek Court
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hay Creek Court is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek Court
      • North Valley Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • North Valley Park is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley Park
      • Mister Bs Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Mister Bs Estates is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mister Bs Estates
      • Parkview Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Parkview Estates is located in Burleigh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview Estates
  • Mercer County
  • Morton County
    • County Website:   https://www.mortonnd.gov/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Mandan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merida.
      • Harmon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Harmon is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
      • Rock Haven
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Rock Haven is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
      • Mandan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sunny
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Sunny is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny
      • Meadow Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Meadow Park is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
      • Twin City Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Twin City Estates is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City Estates
      • Lyons
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Sweet Briar
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Sweet Briar is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
      • Youngtown
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Youngtown is located in Morton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngtown
  • Oliver County
    • County Website:   https://olivercountynd.org/
    • County Seat for Oliver:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merida.
      • Sanger
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sanger is located in Oliver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
      • Hensler
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Hensler is located in Oliver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
      • Price
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Price is located in Oliver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
      • Fort Clark
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Fort Clark is located in Oliver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Clark
      • Center
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannover
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Hannover is located in Oliver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
  • Sheridan 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Merida) 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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