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Nearest Communities to Pelto,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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.

Pelto 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pelto. Of these communities, 36 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 Pelto (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 Pelto

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

  • Nelson County   (where Pelto resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.nelsonco.org/
    • County Seat for Nelson:   Lakota
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pelto   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pelto.
      • Whitman
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Whitman is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Mapes
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Mapes is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
      • Lakota
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Michigan City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Michigan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dahlen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Dahlen is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlen
      • Petersburg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wamduska ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Wamduska is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamduska
      • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Tolna
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pekin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • McVille
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Benson County
  • Cavalier County
  • Eddy County
  • Grand Forks County
    • County Website:   https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Forks:   Grand Forks
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pelto   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pelto.
      • Niagara
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest River Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Forest River Colony is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest River Colony
      • Orr
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Inkster
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • McCanna
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
      • Shawnee
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Hannah Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
  • Ramsey County
    • County Website:   https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Ramsey:   Devils Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pelto   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pelto.
      • Brocket
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lawton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bartlett
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Southam
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Southam is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southam
      • Doyon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Doyon is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyon
      • Crary
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rohrville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Rohrville is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrville
      • Edmore
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Essex
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Essex is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Keith
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Keith is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Derrick
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Derrick is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derrick
      • Devils Lake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sweetwater
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sweetwater is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
  • Walsh County
    • County Website:   https://walshcountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Walsh:   Grafton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Pelto   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Pelto.
      • Praha ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Praha is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Lankin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Fordville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Fairdale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Conway
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Conway is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
      • Pisek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Park River
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Edinburg
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kerry ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Kerry is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
      • Ops
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Ops is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ops

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- Pelto) 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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