Nearest Communities to Washburn,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Washburn, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Washburn:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Washburn is located in Aroostook County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 123 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Washburn.
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 Washburn (which is Aroostook 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 Washburn
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Aroostook County (where Washburn resides)
- Given the large number of communities that are located in Aroostook County, we have limited the list to those within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Washburn (about 100 communities).
- County Website: https://aroostook.me.us/
- County Seat for Aroostook: Houlton
- Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the northwest and the Province of New Brunswick to the east
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- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Bugbee
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bugbee is located in Aroostook County
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- Adaline
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carson is located in Aroostook County
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- North Wade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Wade is located in Aroostook County
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- State Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- State Road is located in Aroostook County
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- Crouseville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crouseville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouseville
- Perham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wade is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Castle Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Center is located in Aroostook County
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- Pauls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pauls is located in Aroostook County
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- Colby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Colby is located in Aroostook County
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- Spaulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spaulding is located in Aroostook County
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- Mapleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rands is located in Aroostook County
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- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Aroostook County
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- McGraw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Margison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Margison is located in Aroostook County
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- Presque Isle Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Presque Isle Junction is located in Aroostook County
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- Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Aroostook County
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- Parkhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parkhurst is located in Aroostook County
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- Roberts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Aroostook County
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- Caribou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ogren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ogren is located in Aroostook County
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- Hanford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanford is located in Aroostook County
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- Chapman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Presque Isle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Lyndon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Ridge is located in Aroostook County
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- Grimes Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sawyer Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sawyer Corner is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer Corner
- New Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sweden is located in Aroostook County
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- Barretts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hurd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn Junction is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn Junction
- Bishop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Aroostook County
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- Maine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maine is located in Aroostook County
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- New Sweden Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Sweden Station is located in Aroostook County
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- Goodwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goodwin is located in Aroostook County
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- Blackstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blackstone is located in Aroostook County
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- Westmanland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Westmanland is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- North Lyndon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somers Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Houghtonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Houghtonville is located in Aroostook County
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- Stevensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stevensville is located in Aroostook County
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- Brown Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Corner is located in Aroostook County
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- Walker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Spragueville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spragueville is located in Aroostook County
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- Maple Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Aroostook County
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- McShea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McShea is located in Aroostook County
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- Acadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Acadia is located in Aroostook County
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- Easton Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Easton Station is located in Aroostook County
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- Phair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phair is located in Aroostook County
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- Sheridan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan is located in Aroostook County
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- Fort Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goodrich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goodrich is located in Aroostook County
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- Jemtland Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jemtland Station is located in Aroostook County
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- Jemtland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jemtland is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jemtland
- Cote Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cote Corner is located in Aroostook County
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- Grass Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Corner is located in Aroostook County
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- Morris Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grindstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grindstone is located in Aroostook County
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- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Fairmount
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Aroostook County
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- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Aroostook County
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- Portage Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Portage Lake is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Portage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Four Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Aroostook County
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- Easton Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Easton Center is located in Aroostook County
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- Powers Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powers Corner is located in Aroostook County
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- Ashland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skerry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Skerry is located in Aroostook County
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- Stockholm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Limestone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nashville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Deadmans Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Deadmans Corner is located in Aroostook County
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- Westfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Squapan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Squapan is located in Aroostook County
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- Nixon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nixon is located in Aroostook County
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- California
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- California is located in Aroostook County
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- Huson Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Huson Landing is located in Aroostook County
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- Caswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caswell is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Garfield Plantation
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Masardis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cyr Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cyr Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Burnt Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Landing is located in Aroostook County
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- McNally
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McNally is located in Aroostook County
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- Kings Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winterville is located in Aroostook County
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- Blaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlaw Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greenlaw Crossing is located in Aroostook County
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- Guerette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Guerette is located in Aroostook County
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- Quimby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quimby is located in Aroostook County
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- Hamlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winterville Plantation
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winterville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Blackwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blackwater is located in Aroostook County
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- Grassy Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Landing is located in Aroostook County
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- High Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- High Landing is located in Aroostook County
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- Sinclair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Griswold is located in Aroostook County
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- Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Aroostook County
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- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Canada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Canada is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Bridgewater Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgewater Corner is located in Aroostook County
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Washburn) 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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