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Nearest Communities to Portland Junction,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Portland Junction.<1>

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

Portland Junction is located in Traill County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Traill County: Norman (MN), Polk (MN), Cass, Grand Forks & Steele.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Portland Junction. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Traill 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 Portland Junction (which is Traill 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 Portland Junction

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

  • Traill County   (where Portland Junction resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Portland Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Portland Junction.
      • Portland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mayville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hatton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Roseville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Murray
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Buxton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cummings
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Clifford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Taft
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Taft is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Blanchard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillsboro
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Preston
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Preston is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Galesburg
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Alton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Alton is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Greenfield
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Greenfield is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
        • Kelso
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Kelso is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
        • Caledonia
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Grandin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cass County
  • Grand Forks County
    • County Website:   https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Forks:   Grand Forks
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Portland Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Portland Junction.
      • Holmes
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Holmes is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
      • Reynolds
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwood
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Thompson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Kempton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
      • Merrifield
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Merrifield is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
      • Emerado
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Arvilla
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Ojata ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Ojata is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojata
      • Powell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Powell is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Larimore
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Logan Center
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Logan Center is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Center
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Calspur
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Calspur is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calspur
        • Grand Forks
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hannah Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
        • Kelly
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
  • Griggs County
  • Nelson County
  • Steele County
    • County Website:   https://steelecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Steele:   Finley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Portland Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Portland Junction.
      • Interlaken ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Interlaken is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
      • Sherbrooke
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Finley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Blabon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Blabon is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blabon
      • Pickert
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Pickert is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
      • Hope
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Colgate
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Colgate is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
  • Norman County
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Portland Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Portland Junction.
      • Nielsville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Nielsville is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Climax
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Climax is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Bygland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bygland is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bygland
      • Eldred
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Eldred is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • East Grand Forks
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mallory
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Mallory is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory

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- Portland Junction) 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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