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Nearest Communities to Venlo,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Venlo.<1>

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


Venlo is located in Ransom County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ransom County: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Richland & Sargent.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Venlo. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Ransom 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 Venlo (which is Ransom 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 Venlo

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

  • Ransom County   (where Venlo resides)
    • County Website:   https://ransomcountynd.net/
    • County Seat for Ransom:   Lisbon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Venlo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Venlo.
      • Anselm
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Anselm is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
      • Sheldon
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Buttzville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
      • Coburn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Coburn is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • McLeod
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Enderlin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lisbon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Wisner ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Wisner is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
      • Elliott
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Elliott is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Brockway ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Brockway is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
      • Fort Ransom
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Englevale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Englevale is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
  • Barnes County
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Venlo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Venlo.
      • Kibby ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Kibby is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibby
      • Lucca
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Lucca is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucca
      • Nome
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastedge
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Eastedge is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastedge
      • Fingal
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kathryn
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Daily
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Daily is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
      • Cuba
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cuba is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Venlo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Venlo.
      • Leonard
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Woods
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Woods is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
      • Alice
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Alice is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Chaffee
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Embden
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Embden is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embden
      • Lynchburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lynchburg is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
      • Davenport
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Kindred
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Myra
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Myra is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
      • Durbin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Durbin is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
      • Norman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Norman is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
      • Warren
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Warren is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Everest
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Everest is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everest
        • Magnolia
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Magnolia is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Wheatland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Buffalo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Casselton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • LaMoure County
  • Richland County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.richland.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Richland:   Wahpeton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Venlo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Venlo.
      • Power
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Power is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
      • Barrie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Barrie is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
      • Wyndmere
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Walcott
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Moselle
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Moselle is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
      • Barney
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Colfax
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pitcairn
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Pitcairn is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcairn
      • Christine
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sargent County
    • County Website:   http://www.sargentnd.com/
    • County Seat for Sargent:   Forman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Venlo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Venlo.
      • Milnor
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • De Lamere
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
      • Hoving
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Hoving is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoving
      • Gwinner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamlin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Hamlin is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
      • Stirum
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Stirum is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
      • Forman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ransom City ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
      • Cayuga
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Harlem ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Harlem is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Geneseo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Geneseo is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
      • Rutland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cogswell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

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