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Nearest Communities to Stanley,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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.

Stanley is located in Mountrail County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mountrail County: Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Ward & Williams.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Stanley. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Mountrail 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 Stanley (which is Mountrail 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 Stanley

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

  • Mountrail County   (where Stanley resides)
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Stanley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Stanley.
      • Wassaic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wassaic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassaic
        • Wassaic is located in Mountrail County
      • Palermo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Ross
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
        • Ross is located in Mountrail County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <4>
      • Lostwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lostwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
        • Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
      • Belden
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
        • Belden is located in Mountrail County
      • Manitou
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manitou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
        • Manitou is located in Mountrail County
      • Blaisdell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lunds Valley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunds Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Valley
        • Lunds Valley is located in Mountrail County
      • Epworth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epworth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
        • Epworth is located in Mountrail County
      • White Earth
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Tagus
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tagus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
        • Tagus is located in Mountrail County
      • Coulee
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee
        • Coulee is located in Mountrail County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • New Town
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Sanish
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
          • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
        • Van Hook
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • 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.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
          • Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
        • Parshall
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Plaza
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
        • Wabek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabek
          • Wabek is located in Mountrail County
  • Burke County
    • County Seat for Burke:   Bowbells
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Stanley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Stanley.
      • Powers Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Vanville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vanville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanville
        • Vanville is located in Burke County
      • Battleview
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleview
        • Battleview is located in Burke County
      • Coteau
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coteau have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau
        • Coteau is located in Burke County
  • McKenzie County
    • County Seat for McKenzie:   Watford City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Stanley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Stanley.
      • Four Bears Village
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
        • Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
      • Charlson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlson
        • Charlson is located in McKenzie County
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Stanley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Stanley.
      • Aurelia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurelia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelia
        • Aurelia is located in Ward County
      • Kenaston
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenaston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenaston
        • Kenaston is located in Ward County
      • Baden
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
        • Baden is located in Ward County
      • Hartland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
        • Hartland is located in Ward County
      • Donnybrook
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Niobe
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
        • Niobe is located in Ward County
      • Kenmare
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenmare have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmare
        • Kenmare is located in Ward County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenmare <4>
      • Berthold
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Williams County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stanley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stanley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3127, Longitude: -102.3890    
<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.
<5>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.




 

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