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Nearest Communities to Urbana,
Listed County-By-County

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

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


Urbana is located in Barnes County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Urbana. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Barnes 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 Urbana (which is Barnes 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 Urbana

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

  • Barnes County   (where Urbana resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Urbana   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Urbana.
      • Eckelson
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sanborn
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Nobart ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Nobart was located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobart
      • Leal
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Leal is also located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
      • Odell ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Odell was located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Rogers
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Berea
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Berea is also located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Wimbledon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • North Valley City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • North Valley City is also located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
      • Valley City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Dazey
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dazey is also located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dazey
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dazey <3>
      • Litchville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
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        • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Ashtabula was located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
        • Hastings
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Hastings is also located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
        • Peak
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Peak is also located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
        • Daily
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Daily is also located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
        • Cuba
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Cuba is also located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
        • Kathryn
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sibley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Sibley is also located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
        • Oriska
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Oriska is also located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriska <3>
  • Griggs County
  • LaMoure County
    • County Website:   https://lamourecountynd.com/
    • County Seat for LaMoure:   LaMoure
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Urbana   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Urbana.
      • Marion
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Adrian
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Saratoga Springs was located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
      • Dickey
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Nortonville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Nortonville is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
  • Stutsman County
    • County Website:   https://www.stutsmancounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Stutsman:   Jamestown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Urbana   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Urbana.
      • Spiritwood
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Johnson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Johnson is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Clementsville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Clementsville is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
      • Reeves
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Reeves is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves
      • Bloom
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Durupt
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Durupt is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durupt
      • Spiritwood Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
      • Ypsilanti
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fried
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Fried is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fried
      • Homer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Homer is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Frontier Village
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
      • Jamestown Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Jamestown
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Parkhurst
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
        • Kloze
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Kloze is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloze
        • Montpelier
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Eldridge
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Eldridge is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
        • Courtenay
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Buchanan
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sydney
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Sydney is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney
        • Millarton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Millarton is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton
        • New Minneapolis ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • New Minneapolis was located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Minneapolis
        • Sharlow
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Sharlow is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
        • Pingree
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Kensal
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Windsor
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Windsor is located in Stutsman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor

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 from Point A (ie- Urbana) 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.