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Nearest Communities to Red Butte,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Red Butte is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mercer County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Dunn, McLean, Morton, Oliver & Stark.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Red Butte. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Mercer County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Red Butte (which is Mercer 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 Red Butte

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

  • Mercer County   (where Red Butte resides)
    • County Seat for Mercer:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Butte   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Butte.
      • Beaver Creek ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
        • Beaver Creek is located in Mercer County
      • Golden Valley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
        • Golden Valley is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Valley <6>
      • Zap
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zap
        • Zap is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zap <6>
      • Beulah
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
        • Beulah is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <6>
      • Truax
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truax have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
        • Truax is located in Mercer County
      • Krem ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Krem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krem
        • Krem is located in Mercer County
      • Hazen
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pick City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pick City
        • Pick City is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Dunn County
    • County Seat for Dunn:   Manning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Butte   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Butte.
      • Twin Buttes
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
        • Twin Buttes is located in Dunn County
      • Independance ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Independance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independance
        • Independance is located in Dunn County
      • Dodge
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Halliday
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Werner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Werner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werner
        • Werner is located in Dunn County
      • Dunn Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn Center have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Center
        • Dunn Center is located in Dunn County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn Center <6>
      • Marshall
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • McKenzie County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Butte   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Butte.
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbowoods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
        • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
      • Nishu ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nishu. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishu
        • Nishu is located in McLean County
      • White Shield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Shield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
      • Raub
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raub have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
        • Raub is located in McLean County
      • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucky Mound. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
        • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
      • Roseglen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Emmet
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
      • Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charging Eagle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
        • Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
      • Shell Creek ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shell Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
        • Shell Creek is located in McLean County
  • Mountrail County
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Butte   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Butte.
      • Parshall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wabek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabek
        • Wabek is located in Mountrail County
      • Van Hook
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Van Hook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
        • Van Hook is located in Mountrail County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Butte) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Butte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5390, Longitude: -102.0847    
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Red Butte, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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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