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Nearest Communities to Nanson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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.<1>

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


Nanson is located in Rolette County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rolette County: Bottineau, Pierce & Towner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nanson. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Rolette 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 Nanson (which is Rolette 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 Nanson

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

  • Rolette County   (where Nanson resides)
    • County Website:   https://rolettecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Rolette:   Rolla
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nanson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nanson.
      • Rolette
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mylo
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fonda
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Fonda is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
      • Agate
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Thorne
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Thorne is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
      • Shell Valley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Shell Valley is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Valley
      • Belcourt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rolla
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Rolla is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <3>
      • Dunseith
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • San Haven
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • San Haven is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Haven
      • East Dunseith
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • East Dunseith is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dunseith
      • Saint John
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Kelvin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Kelvin is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
  • Benson County
    • County Website:   https://www.bensoncountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Benson:   Minnewaukan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nanson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nanson.
      • Pleasant Lake
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
      • Knox
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • York
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Leeds
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fillmore
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Fillmore is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
      • Niles
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Niles is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Baker
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Baker is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Harlow
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Harlow is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
  • Bottineau County
    • County Website:   https://www.bottineauco.com/
    • County Seat for Bottineau:   Bottineau
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north and the Province of Saskatchewan to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nanson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nanson.
      • Overly
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Overly is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Tasco
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Tasco is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
      • Willow City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Belmar
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Belmar is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
      • Omemee ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Omemee is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omemee
  • McHenry County
  • Pierce County
    • County Website:   https://www.piercecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Pierce:   Rugby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nanson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nanson.
      • Wolford
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leverich
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Leverich is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverich
      • Rugby
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Barton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Barton is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Tunbridge
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Tunbridge is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
      • Silva
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Silva is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
      • Balta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Towner County
    • County Website:   https://www.tccounty.com/
    • County Seat for Towner:   Cando
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nanson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nanson.
      • Perth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bisbee
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Considine
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Considine is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Considine
      • Arndt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Arndt is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndt
      • Cando
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Amourdale
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Amourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amourdale
      • Armourdale
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Armourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armourdale
      • Rocklake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Crocus
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Crocus is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocus
      • Maza
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Maza is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maza

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Nanson) 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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