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Nearest Communities to Wisner,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Wisner is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wisner. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Ransom County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Wisner (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 Wisner

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

  • Ransom County   (where Wisner resides)
    • County Website:   https://ransomcountynd.net/
    • County Seat for Ransom:   Lisbon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wisner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wisner.
      • Fort Ransom
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Buttzville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
      • Elliott
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Elliott is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Lisbon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Englevale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Englevale is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
      • Enderlin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Anselm
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Anselm is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
      • Sheldon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Brockway ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Brockway is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
      • Venlo
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Venlo is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venlo
      • Coburn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Coburn is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • McLeod
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Barnes County
    • County Website:   https://www.barnescounty.us/
    • County Seat for Barnes:   Valley City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wisner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wisner.
      • Eastedge
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Eastedge is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastedge
      • Nome
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Lucca
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Lucca is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucca
      • Kathryn
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Daily
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Daily is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
      • Fingal
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Kibby ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Kibby is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibby
      • Hastings
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hastings is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
      • Cuba
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Cuba is located in Barnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Litchville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Koldok
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Koldok is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koldok
        • Oriska
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Peak
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Peak is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
        • Valley City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • North Valley City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountynd.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Fargo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wisner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wisner.
      • Alice
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Alice is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Embden
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Embden is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embden
      • Chaffee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Leonard
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Tower City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Buffalo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickey County
  • LaMoure County
    • County Website:   https://lamourecountynd.com/
    • County Seat for LaMoure:   LaMoure
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wisner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wisner.
      • Verona
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Benson Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Benson Corner is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Corner
      • Independence
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Independence is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • LaMoure
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marion
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Grand Rapids
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
  • Richland County
  • Sargent County
    • County Website:   http://www.sargentnd.com/
    • County Seat for Sargent:   Forman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wisner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wisner.
      • Gwinner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Stirum
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Stirum is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
      • Hoving
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Hoving is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoving
      • Crete
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Crete is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
      • Milnor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Harlem ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Harlem is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Hample
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Hample is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hample
      • Cogswell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Nicholson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Nicholson is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
      • De Lamere
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
      • Forman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wisner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wisner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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