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Nearest Communities to Tagus,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 from Tagus.<1>

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


Tagus is located in Mountrail County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tagus. Of these communities, 25 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 Tagus (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 Tagus

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

  • Mountrail County   (where Tagus resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tagus   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tagus.
      • Blaisdell
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Palermo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Coulee
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Coulee is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee
      • Epworth
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Epworth is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
      • Wassaic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Wassaic is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassaic
      • Stanley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Plaza
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Plaza is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaza <3>
      • Belden
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Belden is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
      • Prairie Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Prairie Junction is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Junction
      • Lostwood
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
      • Wabek
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Wabek is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabek
      • Parshall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ross
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Ross is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <3>
      • Lunds Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Lunds Valley is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Valley
  • Burke County
  • Renville County
    • County Website:   https://www.renvillecountynd.org/
    • County Seat for Renville:   Mohall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tagus   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tagus.
      • Greene
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Greene is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
      • Grano
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Grano is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grano
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Norma
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Norma is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
      • Tolley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Chola
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Chola is located in Renville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chola
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tagus   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tagus.
      • Hartland
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hartland is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Aurelia
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Aurelia is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelia
      • Berthold
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Donnybrook
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Carpio
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lonetree
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Foxholm
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Foxholm is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxholm
      • Baden
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Baden is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
      • Des Lacs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Kenaston
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Kenaston is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenaston
      • Ralston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Ralston is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
      • Burlington
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Kenmare
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Niobe
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Niobe is located in Ward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
        • Drady
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Drady is located in Ward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drady
        • Hesnault
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Hesnault is located in Ward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesnault
        • Makoti
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Ruthville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Ruthville is located in Ward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
        • Minot
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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- Tagus) 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.