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Nearest Communities to Petersburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Petersburg.<1>

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

Petersburg 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 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Petersburg. 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 Petersburg (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 Petersburg

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

  • Nelson County   (where Petersburg resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.nelsonco.org/
    • County Seat for Nelson:   Lakota
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Petersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Petersburg.
      • Michigan City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Michigan
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Dahlen
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Dahlen is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlen
      • Mapes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Mapes is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
      • Whitman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Whitman is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Pelto
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pelto is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelto
      • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Lakota
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • McVille
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wamduska ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Wamduska is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamduska
      • Kloten
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Kloten is located in Nelson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloten
      • Pekin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Aneta
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Tolna
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Eddy County
  • Grand Forks County
    • County Website:   https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Forks:   Grand Forks
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Petersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Petersburg.
      • Niagara
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Shawnee
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • McCanna
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
      • Hannah Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
      • Orr
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Logan Center
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Logan Center is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Center
      • Larimore
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Forest River Colony
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Forest River Colony is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest River Colony
      • Inkster
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Kempton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
      • Arvilla
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Honeyford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Honeyford is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyford
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Gilby
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <3>
        • Johnstown
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
        • Northwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Mekinock
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Emerado
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Ramsey County
    • County Website:   https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Ramsey:   Devils Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Petersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Petersburg.
      • Bartlett
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Brocket
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Doyon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Doyon is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyon
      • Lawton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Southam
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Southam is located in Ramsey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southam
      • Crary
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Steele County
  • Walsh County
    • County Website:   https://walshcountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Walsh:   Grafton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Petersburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Petersburg.
      • Praha ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Praha is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Fordville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lankin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Conway
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Conway is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
      • Ops
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Ops is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ops
      • Pisek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Adams
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Forest River
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Park River
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Veseleyville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Veseleyville is located in Walsh County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veseleyville

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 from Point A (ie- Petersburg) 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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