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Nearest Communities to Thompson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Thompson.<1>

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

Thompson is located in Grand Forks County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Thompson. Of these communities, 50 are located in counties other than Grand Forks 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 Thompson (which is Grand Forks 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 Thompson

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

  • Grand Forks County   (where Thompson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Forks:   Grand Forks
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thompson.
      • Merrifield
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Merrifield is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
      • Reynolds
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Grand Forks
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Holmes
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Holmes is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
      • Calspur
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Calspur is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calspur
      • Powell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Powell is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Ojata ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Ojata is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojata
      • North Grand Forks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • North Grand Forks is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grand Forks
      • Emerado
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kelly
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
      • Manvel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
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      • Arvilla
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
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        • Mekinock
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Northwood
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Kempton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
        • Honeyford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Honeyford is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyford
        • Larimore
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Gilby
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <3>
        • Hannah Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
        • Johnstown
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Steele County
  • Traill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thompson.
      • Buxton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Cummings
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Hatton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Portland Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Portland Junction is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Junction
      • Mayville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Taft
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Taft is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Portland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Caledonia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillsboro
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Murray
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Roseville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Alton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Alton is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Blanchard
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Walsh County
  • Marshall County
  • Norman County
  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Crookston (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thompson.
      • Bygland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Bygland is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bygland
      • East Grand Forks
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mallory
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Mallory is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
      • Davidson
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Davidson is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
      • Fisher
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Fisher is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
      • Eldred
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Eldred is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Freeman
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Freeman is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Ross
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Ross is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Climax
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Climax is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Key West
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Key West is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
      • Girard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Girard is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Hixon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Hixon is located in Polk County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
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        • Wilds
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Wilds is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilds
        • Nielsville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Nielsville is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
        • Carman Terrace
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Carman Terrace is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carman Terrace
        • Crookston Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Crookston Junction is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookston Junction
        • Sherack
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Sherack is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherack
        • Anglim
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Anglim is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglim
        • Crookston
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Noyes Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Noyes Junction is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes Junction
        • Shirley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Shirley is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
        • Tabor
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Tabor is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
        • Forest Knolls Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Forest Knolls Estates is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls Estates
        • Riverview Terrace
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Riverview Terrace is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Terrace
        • Euclid
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Euclid is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
        • Greenview
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Greenview is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
        • Burwell
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Burwell is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
        • Harold
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Harold is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
        • Angus
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Gentilly
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Gentilly is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
        • Roan
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Roan is located in Polk County (MN)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roan

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- Thompson) 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.