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Nearest Communities to Vang,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Vang is located in Cavalier County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cavalier County: Pembina, Ramsey, Towner & Walsh.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vang. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Cavalier 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 Vang (which is Cavalier 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 Vang

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

  • Cavalier County   (where Vang resides)
    • County Seat for Cavalier:   Langdon
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vang   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vang.
      • Olga
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
        • Olga is located in Cavalier County
      • Maida
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hanks Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
        • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
      • Mount Carmel
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
        • Mount Carmel is located in Cavalier County
      • Easby
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easby
        • Easby is located in Cavalier County
      • Langdon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langdon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
        • Langdon is located in Cavalier County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langdon <4>
      • Osnabrock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osnabrock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osnabrock
        • Osnabrock is located in Cavalier County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osnabrock <4>
      • Dresden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
        • Dresden is located in Cavalier County
      • Milton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wales
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
        • Wales is located in Cavalier County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wales <4>
      • Union
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
        • Union is located in Cavalier County
      • Loma
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
        • Loma is located in Cavalier County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Nekoma
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
        • Nekoma is located in Cavalier County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nekoma <4>
      • Hannah
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Pembina County
    • County Seat for Pembina:   Cavalier
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vang   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vang.
      • Walhalla
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Leyden
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leyden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden
        • Leyden is located in Pembina County
      • Concrete
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concrete have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
        • Concrete is located in Pembina County
      • Leroy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
        • Leroy is located in Pembina County
      • Svold
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Svold. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svold
        • Svold is located in Pembina County
      • Hallson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallson
        • Hallson is located in Pembina County
      • Backoo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
        • Backoo is located in Pembina County
      • Mountain
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
        • Mountain is located in Pembina County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain <4>
      • Akra
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
        • Akra is located in Pembina County
      • Cavalier
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Gardar
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
        • Gardar is located in Pembina County
      • Canton City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton City
        • Canton City is located in Pembina County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
        • Canton City has also been known as:
        • Hensel
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton City <4>
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Neche
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neche have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neche
          • Neche is located in Pembina County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neche <4>
        • Ottention ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottention have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottention
          • Ottention is located in Pembina County
        • Bathgate
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Crystal
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walsh County
    • County Seat for Walsh:   Grafton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vang   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vang.
      • Fairdale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
        • Fairdale is located in Walsh County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairdale <4>
      • Edinburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
        • Edinburg is located in Walsh County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburg <4>

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vang) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vang. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9058, Longitude: -98.1248       In this case, the coordinates for Vang have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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