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Nearest Communities to Zap,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Zap.<1>

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

Zap is located in Mercer County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Dunn, McLean, Morton, Oliver & Stark.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Zap. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Mercer 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 Zap (which is Mercer 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 Zap

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

  • Mercer County   (where Zap resides)
    • County Seat for Mercer:   Stanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zap.
      • Golden Valley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
        • Golden Valley is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Valley <4>
      • Beulah
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
        • Beulah is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <4>
      • Truax
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
        • Truax is located in Mercer County
      • Beaver Creek ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
        • Beaver Creek is located in Mercer County
      • Hazen
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Krem ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Krem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krem
        • Krem is located in Mercer County
      • Red Butte ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Butte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Butte
        • Red Butte is located in Mercer County
      • Stanton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Knife River Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River Village
        • Knife River Village is located in Mercer County
      • Pick City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pick City
        • Pick City is located in Mercer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Dunn County
    • County Seat for Dunn:   Manning
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zap.
      • Dodge
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Halliday
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Twin Buttes
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
        • Twin Buttes is located in Dunn County
      • Marshall
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Werner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Werner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werner
        • Werner is located in Dunn County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   www.visitmcleancounty.com/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Washburn
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zap.
      • Nishu ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nishu. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishu
        • Nishu is located in McLean County
      • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbowoods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
        • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
      • White Shield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Shield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
        • White Shield is located in McLean County
      • Emmet
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
        • Emmet is located in McLean County
      • Riverdale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Morton County
    • County Website:   www.co.morton.nd.us/
    • County Seat for Morton:   Mandan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zap.
      • Hebron
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
        • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
      • Eagle Nest
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
        • Eagle Nest is located in Morton County
  • Oliver County
    • County Seat for Oliver:   Center
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zap   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zap.
      • Otter Creek
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
        • Otter Creek is located in Oliver County
      • Hannover
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
        • Hannover is located in Oliver County

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- Zap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Zap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2866, Longitude: -101.9244    
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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