Moorhead, Minnesota

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Fargo (ND). It lies just west of Moorhead and has a population of 90,599 people.^<1>

The next largest community is West Fargo (ND). It lies just west of Moorhead and has a population of 14,940 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ada	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	1,462	11.77% decrease
	Barnesville	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	2,308	6.21% increase
	Breckenridge	S	41 mi [66 km]	3,196	10.2% decrease
	Detroit Lakes	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	8,141	10.79% increase
	Dilworth	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	3,677	22.53% increase
	Fergus Falls	SE	50 mi [80.5 km]	13,636	1.22% increase
	Frazee	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	1,375	0.15% decrease
	Glyndon	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,155	10.1% increase
	Hawley	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	1,874	0.43% decrease
	Mahnomen	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	1,185	1.41% decrease
	Pelican Rapids	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	2,311	2.65% decrease
	Casselton (ND)	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	2,004	8.03% increase
	Enderlin (ND)	W	43 mi [69.2 km]	1,019	7.6% increase
	Hillsboro (ND)	N	40 mi [64.4 km]	1,469	6.01% decrease
	Wahpeton (ND)	S	41 mi [66 km]	7,585	11.66% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Comstock	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	117	4.88% decrease
	Felton	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	201	6.94% decrease
	Georgetown	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	128	2.4% increase
	Oakport	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Sabin	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	441	4.75% increase
	Argusville (ND)	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	134	8.84% decrease
	Briarwood (ND)	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	82	5.13% increase
	Frontier (ND)	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	261	4.4% decrease
	Harwood (ND)	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	701	15.49% increase
	Horace (ND)	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,757	92.02% increase
	Mapleton (ND)	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	725	19.64% increase
	North River (ND)	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	62	4.62% decrease
	Oxbow (ND)	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	238	4.03% decrease
	Prairie Rose (ND)	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	74	8.82% increase
	Reile's Acres (ND)	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	285	12.2% increase

Clay County

Moorhead is located in Clay County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay: Norman, Becker, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Richland (ND) and Cass (ND). Although it doesn't share a border with Clay, Cass it is close to Moorhead.

Below are counties that are near Moorhead (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Moorhead:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Moorhead
	Becker County	E	Lake Park	30 miles [48 km]
	Cass County	W	West Fargo	6 miles [9 km]
	Norman County	N	Perley	22 miles [35 km]
	Otter Tail County	SE	Norwegian Grove	30 miles [48 km]
	Wilkin County	S	Wolverton	20 miles [32 km]
	Cass County (ND)	W	Fargo (ND)	3 miles [4 km]
	Ransom County (ND)	SW	Coburn (ND)	34 miles [54 km]
	Richland County (ND)	S	Lithia (ND)	17 miles [27 km]
	Traill County (ND)	NW	Kelso (ND)	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<3>

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