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Nearest Communities to South Prairie,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Keep in mind 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.

South Prairie is located in Ward County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ward County: Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail & Renville.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Prairie. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Ward 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 South Prairie (which is Ward 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 South Prairie

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

  • Ward County   (where South Prairie resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Prairie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Prairie.
      • Logan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Logan is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Drady
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Drady is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drady
      • Sawyer
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Minot
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Hesnault
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Hesnault is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesnault
      • Surrey
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ralston
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ralston is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
      • Burlington
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Douglas
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Des Lacs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ryder
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruthville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Ruthville is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Lonetree
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Makoti
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Foxholm
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Foxholm is located in Ward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxholm
        • Berthold
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wolseth
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Wolseth is located in Ward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolseth
  • McHenry County
    • County Website:   https://www.mchenrycountynd.com/
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Prairie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Prairie.
      • Velva
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Velva is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velva
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Velva <3>
      • Genoa
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Genoa is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
      • Norwich
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Norwich is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Voltaire
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Simcoe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Simcoe is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
      • Granville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rising ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Rising is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
      • Bergen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Bergen is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
      • Verendrye
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Verendrye is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verendrye
      • Deering
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kongsberg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Kongsberg is located in McHenry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsberg
  • McLean County
  • Mountrail County

Footnotes ...

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