Nearest Communities to Rawson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rawson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rawson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Rawson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rawson is located in McKenzie County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKenzie County: Richland (MT), Wibaux (MT), Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Mountrail & Williams.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rawson. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than McKenzie 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 Rawson (which is McKenzie 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 Rawson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKenzie County (where Rawson resides)
- County Website: https://mckenziecountynd.gov/
- County Seat for McKenzie: Watford City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rawson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rawson.
- Arnegard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alexander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charbonneau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
- Watford City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Schafer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Schafer is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schafer
- Cartwright
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Banks ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Banks is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Harding
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harding is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Dore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dore is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
- East Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Fairview is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairview
- Johnsons Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Corner is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
- Croff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Croff is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croff
- Keene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Squaw Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Squaw Gap is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Gap
- Williams County
- County Website: https://www.williamsnd.com/
- County Seat for Williams: Williston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rawson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rawson.
- Lake Jessie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Marley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marley is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Trenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buford is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avoca is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Springbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Springbrook is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Lunds Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds Landing is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Landing
- Richland County
- County Website: https://www.richland.org/
- County Seat for Richland: Sidney (MT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rawson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rawson.
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ludington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ludington is located in Richland County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Ridgelawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgelawn is located in Richland County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelawn
- Wooley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wooley is located in Richland County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley
- Nohly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nohly is located in Richland County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nohly
- Fischer Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fischer Park is located in Richland County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fischer Park
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roosevelt County
- County Website: https://www.rooseveltcountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Wolf Point (MT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rawson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rawson.
- Fort Union ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Union is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Union
- Snowden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snowden is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rawson) 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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