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Nearest Communities to Sibley,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 Sibley.<1>

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


Sibley is located in Barnes County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sibley. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Barnes 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 Sibley (which is Barnes 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 Sibley

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

  • Barnes County   (where Sibley resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sibley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sibley.
      • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
      • Pillsbury
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Dazey
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rogers
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Odell ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Odell is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • North Valley City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
      • Leal
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Leal is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
      • Peak
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Peak is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
      • Berea
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Berea is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Valley City
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Nobart ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Nobart is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobart
      • Oriska
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
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        • Koldok
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Koldok is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koldok
        • Sanborn
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Wimbledon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Eckelson
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cuba
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Cuba is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
        • Urbana
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Urbana is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sibley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sibley.
      • Walden
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Walden is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Nolan ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Nolan is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Page
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Tower City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ayr
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Erie Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Erie Junction is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
      • Erie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Buffalo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Griggs County
    • County Website:   https://www.griggscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Griggs:   Cooperstown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sibley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sibley.
      • Karnak
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Karnak is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
      • Walum
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Walum is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
      • Hannaford
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Shepard
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Shepard is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
      • Mardell ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Mardell is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardell
      • Cooperstown
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Revere
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Revere is located in Griggs County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
      • Jessie
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sutton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Binford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Steele County
    • County Website:   https://steelecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Steele:   Finley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sibley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sibley.
      • Luverne
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hope
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Colgate
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Colgate is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
      • Blabon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Blabon is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blabon
      • Pickert
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pickert is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
      • Sherbrooke
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Finley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sharon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Interlaken ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Interlaken is located in Steele County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
  • Stutsman County
    • County Website:   https://www.stutsmancounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Stutsman:   Jamestown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sibley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sibley.
      • Durupt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Durupt is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durupt
      • Clementsville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Clementsville is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
      • Courtenay
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Johnson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Johnson is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Spiritwood Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Traill County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sibley) 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.
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