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Nearest Communities to Raub,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.

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

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

Raub is located in McLean County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLean County: Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Sheridan & Ward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Raub. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than McLean 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 Raub (which is McLean 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 Raub

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

  • McLean County   (where Raub resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Raub   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Raub.
      • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
      • Roseglen
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • White Shield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
      • Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
      • Shell Creek ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Shell Creek is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
      • Nishu ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Nishu is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishu
      • Emmet
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
      • Garrison
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Dunn County
  • McKenzie County
  • Mercer County
  • Mountrail County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Raub   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Raub.
      • Parshall
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Wabek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Wabek is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabek
      • Prairie Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Prairie Junction is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Junction
      • Plaza
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Van Hook
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
      • Epworth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Epworth is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
      • New Town
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanish
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
  • Ward County

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- Raub) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.