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Nearest Communities to Ray,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Ray.<1>

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

Ray is located in Williams County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Williams County: Roosevelt (MT), Sheridan (MT), Burke, Divide, McKenzie & Mountrail.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ray. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Williams 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 Ray (which is Williams 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 Ray

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

  • Williams County   (where Ray resides)
    • County Seat for Williams:   Williston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ray.
      • Temple
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
        • Temple is located in Williams County
      • Wheelock
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheelock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
        • Wheelock is located in Williams County
      • Epping
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epping have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
        • Epping is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epping <4>
      • Tioga
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
        • Tioga is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tioga <4>
      • Lunds Landing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunds Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Landing
        • Lunds Landing is located in Williams County
      • Springbrook
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
        • Springbrook is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
      • Wildrose
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Corinth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
        • Corinth is located in Williams County
      • Avoca
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
        • Avoca is located in Williams County
      • Hamlet
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
        • Hamlet is located in Williams County
      • McGregor
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alamo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Lake Jessie
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
          • Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
        • Marmon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmon
          • Marmon is located in Williams County
        • Appam
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appam
          • Appam is located in Williams County
        • Williston
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Zahl
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Burke County
  • McKenzie County
    • County Seat for McKenzie:   Watford City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ray.
      • Banks ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
        • Banks is located in McKenzie County
      • Charlson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlson
        • Charlson is located in McKenzie County
      • Hawkeye
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkeye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
        • Hawkeye is located in McKenzie County
      • Keene
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Mountrail County
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ray.
      • White Earth
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Manitou
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manitou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
        • Manitou is located in Mountrail County
      • Ross
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
        • Ross is located in Mountrail County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <4>
      • Lunds Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunds Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Valley
        • Lunds Valley is located in Mountrail County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ray) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ray. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3454, Longitude: -103.1641    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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