Nearest Communities to Ralph,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ralph, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ralph:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ralph is located in Harding County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harding County: Carter (MT), Fallon (MT), Adams (ND), Bowman (ND), Butte & Perkins.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 16 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ralph. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Harding 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 Ralph (which is Harding 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 Ralph
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Harding County (where Ralph resides)
- County Seat for Harding: Buffalo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Harding County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Harding County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Harding County
- Nearest Communities to Ralph ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ralph.
- Reva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reva
- Reva is located in Harding County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reva <4>
- Ludlow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludlow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Ludlow is located in Harding County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludlow <4>
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Harding County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
- Karinen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perkins County
- County Seat for Perkins: Bison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Perkins County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Perkins County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Perkins County
- Nearest Communities to Ralph ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ralph.
- Ellingson ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Lodgepole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodgepole have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgepole
- Lodgepole is located in Perkins County
- Estimated population in 2014: 35 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodgepole <4>
- Prairie City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Prairie City is located in Perkins County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie City <4>
- Strool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Sorum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Adams County
- County Seat for Adams: Hettinger (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Adams County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Adams County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Adams County
- Nearest Communities to Ralph ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ralph.
- Reeder
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
- Reeder is located in Adams County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reeder <4>
- Bucyrus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Hettinger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hettinger
- Hettinger is located in Adams County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,140 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hettinger <4>
- Bowman County
- County Seat for Bowman: Bowman (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- Nearest Communities to Ralph ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ralph.
- Haley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Haley is located in Bowman County (ND)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haley <4>
- Gascoyne
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Scranton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Scranton is located in Bowman County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scranton <4>
- Buffalo Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Buffalo Springs is located in Bowman County (ND)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ralph) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ralph. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7765, Longitude: -103.0665 |
| <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. |