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Nearest Communities to Pekin,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.<1>

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

Pekin is located in Nelson County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nelson County: Benson, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Ramsey, Steele & Walsh.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pekin. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Nelson 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 Pekin (which is Nelson 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 Pekin

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

  • Nelson County   (where Pekin resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.nelsonco.org/
    • County Seat for Nelson:   Lakota
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pekin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pekin.
      • Tolna
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Tolna is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolna
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolna <3>
      • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Harrisburg was located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • McVille
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Wamduska ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Wamduska was located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamduska
      • Kloten
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Kloten is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloten
      • Lakota
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Lakota is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakota <3>
      • Mapes
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Mapes is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
      • Aneta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Aneta is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aneta
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aneta <3>
      • Michigan City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Michigan City is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Michigan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Petersburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pelto
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Pelto is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelto
      • Whitman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Whitman is also located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Benson County
  • Eddy County
  • Foster County
  • Grand Forks County
  • Griggs County
    • County Website:   https://www.griggscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Griggs:   Cooperstown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pekin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pekin.
      • Mose
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Mose is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mose
      • Binford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jessie
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cooperstown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sutton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Mardell ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Mardell was located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardell
      • Shepard
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Shepard is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
      • Revere
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Revere is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
  • Ramsey County
    • County Website:   https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Ramsey:   Devils Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pekin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pekin.
      • Bartlett
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Doyon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Doyon is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyon
      • Crary
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Southam
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Southam is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southam
      • Keith
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Keith is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Rohrville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rohrville is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrville
      • Brocket
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Essex
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Essex is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
  • Steele County

Footnotes ...

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