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Nearest Communities to Vance,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note 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.

Vance is located in Cass County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Clay (MN), Norman (MN), Barnes, Ransom, Richland, Steele & Traill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 80 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vance. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Cass 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 Vance (which is Cass 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 Vance

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

  • Cass County   (where Vance resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vance.
      • Amenia
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Arthur
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Mason
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Mason is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Newman
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Newman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
      • Erie Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Erie Junction is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
      • Erie
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Casselton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Absaraka
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hunter
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Prosper
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Prosper is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
      • Wheatland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Everest
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Everest is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everest
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        • Mapleton
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ayr
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Argusville
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Argusville is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
        • Gardner
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Myra
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Myra is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
        • Magnolia
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Magnolia is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Brooktree Park
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Brooktree Park is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooktree Park
        • Fife
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Fife is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
        • Harwood
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Durbin
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Durbin is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
        • Pinkham
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Pinkham is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkham
        • Nolan ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Nolan is located in Cass County
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        • Buffalo
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Page
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Lynchburg
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Lynchburg is located in Cass County
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        • Reile's Acres
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Reile's Acres is located in Cass County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
        • Riverside
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Riverside is located in Cass County
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        • South West Fargo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • South West Fargo is located in Cass County
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        • West Fargo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Embden
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Embden is located in Cass County
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        • Chaffee
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • North River
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • North River is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
        • Fargo
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Tower City
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Davenport
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Prairie Rose
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Prairie Rose is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Warren
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Warren is located in Cass County
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        • Walden
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Walden is located in Cass County
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        • Woods
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Woods is located in Cass County
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        • Frontier
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Frontier is located in Cass County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
        • Horace
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Alice
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Alice is located in Cass County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
        • Leonard
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Briarwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Briarwood is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
        • Saint Benedict
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Saint Benedict is located in Cass County
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        • Wild Rice
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Wild Rice is located in Cass County
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        • Kindred
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Norman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Norman is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Barnes County
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vance.
      • Koldok
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Koldok is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koldok
      • Oriska
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pillsbury
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Kibby ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Kibby is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibby
  • Ransom County
  • Steele County
  • Traill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.traill.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Traill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vance.
      • Greenfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Greenfield is located in Traill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Grandin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Galesburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Preston
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Preston is located in Traill County
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      • Blanchard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Kelso
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kelso is located in Traill County
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      • Alton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Alton is located in Traill County
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      • Clifford
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillsboro
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Murray
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Murray is located in Traill County
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      • Roseville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Roseville is located in Traill County
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      • Taft
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Taft is located in Traill County
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  • Cass County
  • Clay County
    • County Website:   https://claycountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clay:   Moorhead (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vance.
      • Georgetown
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Georgetown is located in Clay County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Oakport
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Oakport is located in Clay County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
      • Kragnes
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Kragnes is located in Clay County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
      • Moorhead
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dilworth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Finkle
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
      • Rustad
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Rustad is located in Clay County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustad
  • Norman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.norman.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Norman:   Ada (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vance.
      • Perley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
      • Hendrum
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Hendrum is located in Norman County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
      • Halstad
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vance) 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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