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Nearest Communities to Murray,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

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.

Murray is located in Traill County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Traill County: Norman (MN), Polk (MN), Cass, Grand Forks & Steele.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Murray. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Traill 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 Murray (which is Traill 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 Murray

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

  • Traill County   (where Murray resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murray.
      • Mayville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Roseville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Portland
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Blanchard
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Preston
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Preston is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Clifford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Taft
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Taft is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Hillsboro
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Cummings
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Portland Junction
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Portland Junction is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Junction
      • Greenfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Greenfield is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Alton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Alton is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Galesburg
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Kelso
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Kelso is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
        • Buxton
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hatton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Caledonia
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Grandin
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Barnes County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murray.
      • Hunter
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Arthur
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Erie
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Erie Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Erie Junction is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
      • Nolan ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Nolan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Page
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Mason
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Mason is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Gardner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Walden
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Walden is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Vance
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Vance is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Ayr
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Amenia
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Argusville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Argusville is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Grand Forks County
  • Steele County
    • County Website:   https://steelecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Steele:   Finley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murray.
      • Interlaken ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Interlaken is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
      • Colgate
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Colgate is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
      • Hope
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sherbrooke
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Blabon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Blabon is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blabon
      • Pickert
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Pickert is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
      • Finley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Norman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murray.
      • Halstad
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Shelly
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Shelly is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Hendrum
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Hendrum is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
      • Perley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
      • Anthony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Anthony is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murray.
      • Nielsville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Nielsville is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Climax
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Climax is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Eldred
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Eldred is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murray) 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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