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Nearest Communities to Taft,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Taft is located in Traill County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Traill County: Norman (MN), Polk (MN), Cass, Grand Forks & Steele.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Taft. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Traill 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 Taft (which is Traill 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 Taft

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

  • Traill County   (where Taft resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taft   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taft.
      • Cummings
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hillsboro
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Alton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Alton is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Caledonia
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Kelso
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Kelso is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
      • Murray
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Buxton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Blanchard
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Preston
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Preston is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Mayville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Greenfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Greenfield is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Portland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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        • Roseville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Roseville is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
        • Portland Junction
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Portland Junction is located in Traill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Junction
        • Grandin
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Clifford
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Galesburg
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hatton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taft   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taft.
      • Hunter
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Gardner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Arthur
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Erie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Argusville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Argusville is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
      • Vance
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Vance is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Erie Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Erie Junction is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
      • Mason
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Mason is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Grand Forks County
  • Steele County
  • Clay County
  • Norman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taft   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taft.
      • Shelly
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Shelly is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Halstad
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hendrum
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Hendrum is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
      • Anthony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Anthony is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
      • Perley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
      • Lockhart
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Lockhart is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
      • Hadler
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Hadler is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadler
      • Ada
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Ada is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
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  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taft   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taft.
      • Nielsville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Nielsville is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Climax
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Climax is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Eldred
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Eldred is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Bygland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Bygland is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bygland
      • Beltrami
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Beltrami is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Fisher
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Fisher is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
      • Girard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Girard is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Greenview
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Greenview is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
      • Freeman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Freeman is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Ross
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Ross is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Wilds
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilds is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilds
      • Mallory
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Mallory is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
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        • Carman Terrace
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Carman Terrace is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carman Terrace
        • Crookston Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Crookston Junction is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookston Junction
        • Davidson
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Davidson is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
        • Crookston
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hixon
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Hixon is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon

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- Taft) 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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