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Nearest Communities to Alpha,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Alpha is located in Iron County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iron County: Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Marquette, Ontonagon, Florence (WI), Forest (WI) & Vilas (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 95 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alpha. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than Iron 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 Alpha (which is Iron 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 Alpha

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

  • Iron County   (where Alpha resides)
    • County Website:   https://ironmi.com/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Crystal Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alpha   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alpha.
      • Dunn Location
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Dunn Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Location
      • Panola
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Panola is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Clinch ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Monongahela Location
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Shafer Location
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Shafer Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer Location
      • Mastodon
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Odgers Location
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Odgers Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odgers Location
      • Tobin Location
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Tobin Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin Location
      • Kimball Location
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimball Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Location
      • Fortune Lake
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Fortune Lake is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Lake
      • Naults
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Naults is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naults
      • Stager
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (34 more) ...
        • New Bristol Location
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Crystal Falls
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Western Location
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Western Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Location
        • Erickson Landing
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
          • Erickson Landing is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson Landing
        • Pentoga
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Chicagon
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Kelso Junction
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Kelso Junction is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso Junction
        • Mansfield Location
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Mansfield Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Location
        • Mapleton
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Mapleton is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
        • Scott Lake
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
          • Scott Lake is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
        • Gaastra
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Rogers Location
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Rogers Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Location
        • Mansfield ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Balsam
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Balsam is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
        • Gibson Lake
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Gibson Lake is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Lake
        • Kiernan
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Kiernan is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiernan
        • Bates Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Caspian
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Palatka
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Palatka is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatka
        • Bates Location
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Bates Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Location
        • Hiawatha Location
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Hiawatha Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Location
        • Stambaugh
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Stambaugh is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stambaugh
        • Amasa
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Forbes Location
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Forbes Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Location
        • Iron River
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Mineral Hills
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Mineral Hills is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hills
        • Virgil Location
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Virgil Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil Location
        • Homer Location
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Homer Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Location
        • Hazel
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Hazel is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
        • Atkinson ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Gibbs City ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Beechwood
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Beechwood is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
        • Basswood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Basswood is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Elmwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Elmwood is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Baraga County
  • Dickinson County
  • Marquette County
  • Florence County
  • Forest County
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon (WI)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alpha   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alpha.
      • Nelma
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Popple River
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Popple River is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
      • Alvin
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Alvin is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Armstrong Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
      • Newald
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Newald is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
      • Bonneval
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bonneval is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneval
      • Cavour
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cavour is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
      • Laona Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Laona Junction is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona Junction
  • Marinette County

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alpha) 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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