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Nearest Communities to Vanville,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


Vanville is located in Burke County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Burke County: Mountrail, Renville, Ward & Williams.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vanville. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Burke 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 Vanville (which is Burke 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 Vanville

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

  • Burke County   (where Vanville resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.burkecountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Burke:   Bowbells
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vanville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vanville.
      • Coteau
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Coteau is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau
      • Woburn
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Woburn is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn
      • Bowbells
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Powers Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Flaxton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Perella
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Perella is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perella
      • Lignite
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sevenmile Corner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Sevenmile Corner is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
      • Battleview
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Battleview is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleview
      • Rival ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Rival is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
      • Stampede
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Stampede is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
      • Northgate
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Northgate is located in Burke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Kincaid
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Kincaid is located in Burke County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
        • Portal
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Columbus
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Larson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Larson is located in Burke County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
        • Atcoal
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Atcoal is located in Burke County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atcoal
  • Mountrail County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Mountrail:   Stanley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vanville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vanville.
      • Lostwood
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
      • Lunds Valley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lunds Valley is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds Valley
      • Wassaic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Wassaic is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassaic
      • Coulee
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Coulee is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee
      • Palermo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Stanley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Ross
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Ross is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <3>
      • Manitou
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Manitou is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
      • Blaisdell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • White Earth
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tagus
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Tagus is located in Mountrail County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
  • Renville County
  • Ward County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.ward.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Ward:   Minot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vanville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vanville.
      • Niobe
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Niobe is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
      • Kenaston
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Kenaston is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenaston
      • Kenmare
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Baden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Baden is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
      • Nine Mile Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Nine Mile Corner is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile Corner
      • Donnybrook
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Aurelia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Aurelia is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelia
      • Hartland
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hartland is located in Ward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Williams County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanville) 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.