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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Shell Valley.<1>

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

Shell Valley is located in Rolette County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rolette County: Bottineau, Pierce & Towner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shell Valley. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Rolette 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 Shell Valley (which is Rolette 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 Valley

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

  • Rolette County   (where Shell Valley resides)
    • County Website:   https://rolettecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Rolette:   Rolla
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Valley.
      • Thorne
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Thorne is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
      • Belcourt
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Dunseith
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • East Dunseith is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dunseith
      • Dunseith
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • San Haven
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • San Haven is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Haven
      • Rolette
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Rolla
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Rolla is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <3>
      • Fonda
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fonda is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda
      • Saint John
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelvin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Kelvin is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
      • Nanson
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Nanson is located in Rolette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanson
      • Mylo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Agate
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Benson County
  • Bottineau County
    • County Website:   https://www.bottineauco.com/
    • County Seat for Bottineau:   Bottineau
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north and the Province of Saskatchewan to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Valley.
      • Overly
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Overly is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
      • Tasco
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Tasco is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
      • Belmar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Belmar is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
      • Willow City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Omemee ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Omemee is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omemee
      • Bottineau
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Gardena
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Gardena is located in Bottineau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • Pierce County
  • Towner County
    • County Website:   https://www.tccounty.com/
    • County Seat for Towner:   Cando
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shell Valley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shell Valley.
      • Perth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Amourdale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Amourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amourdale
      • Armourdale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Armourdale is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armourdale
      • Hansboro
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bisbee
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocklake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Arndt
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Arndt is located in Towner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndt

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- Shell Valley) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.