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Nearest Communities to Plaza,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Plaza is located in Mountrail County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mountrail County: Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Ward & Williams.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plaza. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Mountrail 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 Plaza (which is Mountrail 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 Plaza

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

  • Mountrail County   (where Plaza resides)
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plaza   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plaza.
      • Wabek
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabek
        • Wabek is located in Mountrail County
      • Prairie Junction
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Junction
        • Prairie Junction is located in Mountrail County
      • Parshall
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Epworth
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epworth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
        • Epworth is located in Mountrail County
      • Van Hook
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Van Hook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
        • Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
      • Belden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
        • Belden is located in Mountrail County
      • Blaisdell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tagus
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tagus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
        • Tagus is located in Mountrail County
      • Palermo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • New Town
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Stanley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanish
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
        • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
  • Dunn County
  • McKenzie County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plaza   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plaza.
      • Raub
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raub have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
        • Raub is located in McLean County
      • Roseglen
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charging Eagle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
        • Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
      • Shell Creek ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shell Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
        • Shell Creek is located in McLean County
      • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucky Mound. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
        • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
      • White Shield
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Shield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
      • Emmet
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbowoods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
        • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plaza   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plaza.
      • Makoti
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ryder
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hesnault
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesnault have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesnault
        • Hesnault is located in Ward County
      • Berthold
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lonetree
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Des Lacs
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Douglas
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Drady
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drady
        • Drady is located in Ward County
      • Hartland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
        • Hartland is located in Ward County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Ralston
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ralston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
          • Ralston is located in Ward County
        • Foxholm
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxholm
          • Foxholm is located in Ward County
        • South Prairie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Prairie
          • South Prairie is located in Ward County
        • Aurelia
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurelia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelia
          • Aurelia is located in Ward County
        • Carpio
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Burlington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plaza) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plaza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0256, Longitude: -101.9599       In this case, the coordinates for Plaza 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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