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Nearest Communities to Shell Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Shell Creek.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Shell Creek is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shell Creek. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than McLean 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 Shell Creek (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 Shell Creek

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

  • McLean County   (where Shell Creek resides)
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Creek.
      • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • 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
      • Raub
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • 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
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • 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
      • Roseglen
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • White Shield
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • 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
      • Nishu ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • 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
  • Dunn County
    • County Seat for Dunn:   Manning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Creek.
      • Independance ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • 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
      • Twin Buttes
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
        • Twin Buttes is located in Dunn County
  • McKenzie County
    • County Seat for McKenzie:   Watford City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Creek.
      • Four Bears Village
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
        • Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
      • Mandaree
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandaree have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <6>
      • Spotted Horn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spotted Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotted Horn
        • Spotted Horn is located in McKenzie County
      • Hawkeye
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkeye have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
        • Hawkeye is located in McKenzie County
      • Johnsons Corner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsons Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
        • Johnsons Corner is located in McKenzie County
      • Croff
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croff have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croff
        • Croff is located in McKenzie County
      • Keene
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Charlson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlson
        • Charlson is located in McKenzie County
  • Mercer County
    • County Seat for Mercer:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Creek.
      • Red Butte ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Butte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Butte
        • Red Butte is located in Mercer County
      • Beaver Creek ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 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
  • Mountrail County
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Creek.
      • Van Hook
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • 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
      • New Town
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Parshall
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanish
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
        • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
      • Wabek
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
      • Epworth
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epworth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
        • Epworth is located in Mountrail County
      • Plaza
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
        • Plaza is located in Mountrail County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaza <6>
      • Belden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
        • Belden is located in Mountrail County
      • Prairie Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Junction
        • Prairie Junction is located in Mountrail County
  • Ward 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 from Point A (ie- Shell Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shell Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8201, Longitude: -102.3439    
<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 Shell Creek, 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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