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Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Turtle Lake.<1>

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

Turtle Lake is located in McLean County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLean County: Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Sheridan & Ward.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Turtle Lake. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than McLean 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 Turtle Lake (which is McLean 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 Turtle Lake

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

  • McLean County   (where Turtle Lake resides)
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Turtle Lake.
      • Mercer
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
        • Mercer is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mercer <4>
      • Underwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
        • Underwood is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Underwood <4>
      • Riverdale Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Junction
        • Riverdale Junction is located in McLean County
      • Falkirk
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkirk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkirk
        • Falkirk is located in McLean County
      • Coleharbor
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleharbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleharbor
        • Coleharbor is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleharbor <4>
      • Washburn
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Merida
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merida
        • Merida is located in McLean County
      • Ruso
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Riverdale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Benedict
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benedict have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
        • Benedict is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benedict <4>
      • Butte
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
        • Butte is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Wilton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
        • Wilton is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <4>
      • Garrison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Garrison is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,458 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrison <4>
      • Max
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
        • Max is located in McLean County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Max <4>
  • Burleigh County
    • County Website:   www.co.burleigh.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Burleigh:   Bismarck
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Turtle Lake.
      • Still
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Still have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
        • Still is located in Burleigh County
      • Regan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regan
        • Regan is located in Burleigh County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Regan <4>
  • McHenry County
    • County Seat for McHenry:   Towner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Turtle Lake.
      • Kongsberg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kongsberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsberg
        • Kongsberg is located in McHenry County
      • Kief
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mercer County
    • County Seat for Mercer:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Turtle Lake.
      • Knife River Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River Village
        • Knife River Village is located in Mercer County
      • Stanton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pick City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pick City
        • Pick City is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Oliver County
    • County Seat for Oliver:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Turtle Lake.
      • Hensler
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
        • Hensler is located in Oliver County
      • Sanger
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
        • Sanger is located in Oliver County
      • Fort Clark
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Clark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Clark
        • Fort Clark is located in Oliver County
      • Price
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
        • Price is located in Oliver County
  • Sheridan County
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   McClusky
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Turtle Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Turtle Lake.
      • Pickardville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickardville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickardville
        • Pickardville is located in Sheridan County
      • McClusky
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln Valley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Valley
        • Lincoln Valley is located in Sheridan County
      • Denhoff
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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 from Point A (ie- Turtle Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turtle Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5199, Longitude: -100.8901    
<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.




 

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