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Welcome to Venlo ...

Venlo is located in Ransom County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Venlo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

Venlo is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Venlo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Venlo: 701

Communities near Venlo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Venlo.

  • Lisbon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Enderlin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Milnor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
    • Milnor is located in Sargent County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <3>
  • Leonard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheldon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Alice
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
    • Alice is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Elliott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Elliott is located in Ransom County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
  • McLeod
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Barrie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
    • Barrie is located in Richland County
  • Woods
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Woods is located in Cass County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Venlo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Venlo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Venlo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Venlo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Venlo. See our Newspapers Page for Venlo.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Venlo ...

Looking for more information about Venlo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Venlo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Venlo.

Adding Venlo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Venlo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Venlo was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Venlo on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venlo.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Venlo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Ransom, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Venlo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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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