Nearest Communities to Wheelock,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wheelock, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wheelock:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wheelock.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wheelock 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 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wheelock.
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 Wheelock (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 Wheelock
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Aroostook County (where Wheelock resides)
- 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
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wheelock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheelock.
- Pierre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pierre is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierre
- Saint John
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saint John is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Violette Settlement
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Violette Settlement is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violette Settlement
- Saint John Plantation
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint John Plantation is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Bradbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradbury is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Fort Kent Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Kent Village is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent Village
- Burnt Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burnt Mill is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
- Bradburys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bradburys is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradburys
- Fort Kent Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plourde Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plourde Mill is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plourde Mill
- Back Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Back Settlement is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Settlement
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- Saint Francis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francis is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Soldier Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallagrass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallagrass is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallagrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Jones Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Mill is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Michigan Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Michigan Settlement is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Settlement
- Wallagrass Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallagrass Station is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallagrass Station
- Plaisted
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plaisted is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaisted
- Daigle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Daigle is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daigle
- Cross Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Rock is also located in Aroostook County
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- Eagle Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Canada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Canada is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Upper Frenchville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Upper Frenchville is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Frenchville
- Ouellette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ouellette is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouellette
- Carriveau Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Carriveau Mill is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriveau Mill
- Frenchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allagash
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allagash is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allagash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Dickey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dickey is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Wheelock Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelock Mill is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock Mill
- Winterville Plantation
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winterville Plantation is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Quimby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Quimby is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
- Winterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winterville is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville
- Saint Agatha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burnt Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Landing is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Landing
- Guerette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Guerette is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guerette
- Madawaska
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Sinclair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McNally
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McNally is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNally
- Boat Landing Camp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boat Landing Camp is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Landing Camp
- Fournier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fournier is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fournier
- Lavertue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lavertue is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavertue
- Saint David
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- High Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- High Landing is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
- Estcourt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Estcourt is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estcourt
- Estcourt has also been known as:
- Estcourt Station
- Grand Isle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Daigle Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Daigle Mill is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daigle Mill
- Lille
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lille is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lille
- Westmanland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westmanland is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmanland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Blackstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blackstone is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is also located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheelock) 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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