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Nearest Communities to Preston,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Preston 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 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Preston. Of these communities, 40 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 Preston (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 Preston

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

  • Traill County   (where Preston resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Blanchard
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Greenfield
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Greenfield is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Alton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Alton is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Kelso
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Kelso is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
      • Murray
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Hillsboro
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Clifford
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Galesburg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Roseville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Grandin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Taft
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Taft is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Mayville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Portland
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Cummings
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Caledonia
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Portland Junction
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Portland Junction is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Junction
        • Buxton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Hatton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnes County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Hunter
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Arthur
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Erie
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gardner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Erie Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Erie Junction is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
      • Mason
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Mason is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Vance
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Vance is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Nolan ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Nolan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Page
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Amenia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Newman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Newman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
      • Argusville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Argusville is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Ayr
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Absaraka
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Walden
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Walden is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
        • Prosper
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Prosper is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
        • Brooktree Park
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Brooktree Park is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooktree Park
        • Harwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Casselton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Wheatland
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Magnolia
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Magnolia is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Mapleton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Pinkham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Pinkham is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkham
  • Grand Forks County
  • Steele County
    • County Website:   https://steelecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Steele:   Finley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Colgate
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Colgate is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
      • Hope
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sherbrooke
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Interlaken ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Interlaken is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
      • Blabon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Blabon is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blabon
      • Pickert
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Pickert is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
  • Clay County
  • Norman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Halstad
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hendrum
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Hendrum is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
      • Shelly
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Shelly is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Perley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
      • Anthony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Anthony is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Polk County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Preston) 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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