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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 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 starting 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 Website:   https://cavaliercounty.us/
    • 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)
        • Olga is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • Maida
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hanks Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
      • Mount Carmel
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Mount Carmel is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
      • Easby
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Easby is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easby
      • Langdon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Osnabrock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Dresden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Dresden is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
      • Milton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wales
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Union
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Union is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Loma
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Loma is located in Cavalier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
      • Nekoma
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannah
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Pembina County
    • County Website:   https://www.pembinacountynd.gov/
    • 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)
        • Leyden is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden
      • Concrete
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Concrete is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
      • Leroy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Leroy is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Svold
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Svold is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svold
      • Hallson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Hallson is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallson
      • Backoo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Backoo is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
      • Mountain
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Akra
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Akra is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
      • Cavalier
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Gardar
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Gardar is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
      • Canton City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Canton City is located in Pembina County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
        • Canton City has also been known as:
        • Hensel
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton City <3>
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Neche
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Ottention ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Ottention is located in Pembina County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottention
        • Bathgate
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Crystal
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walsh County

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- Vang) 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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