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Nearest Communities to Osnabrock,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Osnabrock.<1>

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

Osnabrock is located in Cavalier County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cavalier County: Pembina, Ramsey, Towner & Walsh.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Osnabrock. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Cavalier 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 Osnabrock (which is Cavalier 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 Osnabrock

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

  • Cavalier County   (where Osnabrock resides)
    • County Website:   https://cavaliercounty.us/
    • County Seat for Cavalier:   Langdon
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Osnabrock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Osnabrock.
      • Easby
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Easby is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easby
      • Milton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hanks Corner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
      • Olga
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Olga is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • Union
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Union is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Langdon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Nekoma
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Vang
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Vang is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vang
      • Loma
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Loma is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Dresden
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Dresden is located in Cavalier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
        • Mount Carmel
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Mount Carmel is located in Cavalier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
        • Maida
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Wales
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Alsen
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Weaver
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Weaver is located in Cavalier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Pembina County
    • County Website:   https://www.pembinacountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Pembina:   Cavalier
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Osnabrock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Osnabrock.
      • Concrete
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Concrete is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
      • Mountain
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Gardar
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Gardar is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
      • Hallson
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hallson is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallson
      • Svold
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Svold is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svold
      • Akra
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Akra is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
      • Leyden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Leyden is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden
      • Walhalla
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Canton City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Canton City is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
        • Canton City has also been known as:
        • Hensel
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton City <3>
      • Crystal
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Backoo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Backoo is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
      • Cavalier
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Leroy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Leroy is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Ramsey County
  • Walsh County
    • County Website:   https://walshcountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Walsh:   Grafton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Osnabrock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Osnabrock.
      • Fairdale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Adams
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Edinburg
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kerry ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Kerry is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
      • Pleasant Valley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Hoople
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lankin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Park River
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Praha ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Praha is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Mandt
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Mandt is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Osnabrock) 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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