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Nearest Communities to Wellsburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wellsburg.<1>

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

Wellsburg is located in Wells County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wells County: Benson, Eddy, Foster, Kidder, Pierce, Sheridan & Stutsman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wellsburg. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Wells 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 Wellsburg (which is Wells 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 Wellsburg

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

  • Wells County   (where Wellsburg resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wellscountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Wells:   Fessenden
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wellsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wellsburg.
      • Heimdal
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Heimdal is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heimdal
      • Harvey
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Manfred
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Manfred is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
      • Hamberg
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Fessenden
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bremen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Emrick
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Emrick is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emrick
      • Bowdon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cathay
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Chaseley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Heaton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Heaton is located in Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
      • Hurdsfield
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Sykeston
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Benson County
    • County Website:   https://www.bensoncountynd.com/
    • County Seat for Benson:   Minnewaukan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wellsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wellsburg.
      • Hesper
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hesper is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
      • Esmond
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Maddock
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Isabel
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Flora
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Flora is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
      • Josephine
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Josephine is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
      • Baker
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Baker is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Fillmore
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Fillmore is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
      • Harlow
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Harlow is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
      • Oberon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Comstock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Comstock is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Lallie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lallie is located in Benson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lallie
      • Minnewaukan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Eddy County
  • McHenry County
  • Pierce County
    • County Website:   https://www.piercecountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Pierce:   Rugby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wellsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wellsburg.
      • Selz
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Selz is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selz
      • Clifton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Clifton is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Aylmer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Aylmer is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylmer
      • Silva
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Silva is located in Pierce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
      • Orrin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Balta
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheridan 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wellsburg) 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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