Nearest Communities to Schafer,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Schafer, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Schafer:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 from Schafer.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Schafer 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 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Schafer. Of these communities, 5 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 Schafer (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 Schafer
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKenzie County (where Schafer resides)
- County Seat for McKenzie: Watford City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- Nearest Communities to Schafer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schafer.
- Watford City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watford City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watford City
- Watford City is located in McKenzie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,944 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watford City <4>
- Croff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Johnsons Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsons Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
- Johnsons Corner is located in McKenzie County
- Arnegard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnegard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnegard
- Arnegard is located in McKenzie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnegard <4>
- Keene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Keene is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <4>
- Banks ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Rawson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Hawkeye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Alexander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Alexander is located in McKenzie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <4>
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Spotted Horn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spotted Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotted Horn
- Spotted Horn is located in McKenzie County
- Charlson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Mandaree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandaree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandaree
- Mandaree is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandaree <4>
- Charbonneau
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
- Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County
- Grassy Butte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Butte
- Grassy Butte is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grassy Butte <4>
- Four Bears Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
- Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
- Spotted Horn
- Dunn County
- County Seat for Dunn: Manning
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Dunn County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Dunn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Dunn County
- Nearest Communities to Schafer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schafer.
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Medicine Hole
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Hole
- Medicine Hole is located in Dunn County
- Williams County
- County Seat for Williams: Williston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Williams County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Williams County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Williams County
- Nearest Communities to Schafer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Schafer.
- Lake Jessie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Lunds Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- 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
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Schafer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Schafer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7988, Longitude: -103.1869 In this case, the coordinates for Schafer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |