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

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Prairie Junction.<1>

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


Prairie Junction 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 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Prairie Junction. Of these communities, 23 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 Prairie Junction (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 Prairie Junction

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

  • Mountrail County   (where Prairie Junction resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Junction.
      • Wabek
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Wabek is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabek
      • Plaza
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Plaza is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaza <3>
      • Parshall
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Epworth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Epworth is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
      • Van Hook
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
      • Belden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Belden is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
      • Tagus
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Tagus is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
      • Blaisdell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • New Town
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Palermo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanish
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
  • Dunn County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Junction.
      • Roseglen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Raub
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Raub is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
      • White Shield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
      • Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
      • Shell Creek ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Shell Creek is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
      • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
      • Emmet
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
      • Max
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Max is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Max <3>
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Junction.
      • Makoti
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ryder
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hesnault
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Hesnault is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesnault
      • Douglas
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Berthold
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lonetree
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Des Lacs
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Drady
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Drady is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drady
      • Ralston
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ralston is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
      • South Prairie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • South Prairie is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Prairie
      • Hartland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Hartland is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Burlington
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Foxholm
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Foxholm is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxholm

Footnotes ...

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