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Nearest Communities to Otter Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 Otter Creek.<1>

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

Otter Creek is located in Oliver County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oliver County: Burleigh, McLean, Mercer & Morton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Otter Creek. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Oliver 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 Otter Creek (which is Oliver 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 Otter Creek

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

  • Oliver County   (where Otter Creek resides)
    • County Seat for Oliver:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Otter Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Otter Creek.
      • Hannover
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
        • Hannover is located in Oliver County
      • Center
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Fort Clark
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
      • Hensler
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
        • Hensler is located in Oliver County
      • Sanger
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
        • Sanger is located in Oliver County
      • Price
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • 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
  • McLean County
  • Mercer County
    • County Seat for Mercer:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Otter Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Otter Creek.
      • Hazen
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Beulah
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
        • Beulah is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <3>
      • Stanton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Truax
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truax have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
        • Truax is located in Mercer County
      • Knife River Village
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River Village
        • Knife River Village is located in Mercer County
      • Krem ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Krem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krem
        • Krem is located in Mercer County
      • Zap
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zap
        • Zap is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zap <3>
      • Golden Valley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
        • Golden Valley is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Valley <3>
  • Morton County
    • County Website:   www.co.morton.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Mandan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Otter Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Otter Creek.
      • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
        • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
      • Youngtown
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Youngtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngtown
        • Youngtown is located in Morton County
      • Dengate
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dengate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dengate
        • Dengate is located in Morton County
      • North Almont
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Almont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Almont
        • North Almont is located in Morton County
      • New Salem
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
        • New Salem is located in Morton County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Salem <3>
      • Sims
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sims. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
        • Sims is located in Morton County
      • Judson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
        • Judson is located in Morton County
      • Glen Ullin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Almont
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Eagle Nest
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
        • Eagle Nest is located in Morton County
      • Sweet Briar
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sweet Briar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
        • Sweet Briar is located in Morton County
      • Hebron
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyons
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
        • Harmon is located in Morton 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- Otter Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otter Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0492, Longitude: -101.5551       In this case, the coordinates for Otter Creek 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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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