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Nearest Communities to Boston,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Boston.<1>

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

Boston is located in Houghton County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Houghton County: Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon & Ashland (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 105 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Boston. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Houghton 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 Boston (which is Houghton 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 Boston

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

  • Houghton County   (where Boston resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.houghtoncounty.net/
    • County Seat for Houghton:   Houghton
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and Whitefish Bay to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Boston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Boston.
      • Paavola
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Arcadian
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Arcadian is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadian
      • Lewer Pewabic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Lewer Pewabic is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewer Pewabic
      • Ripley
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Ripley is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Quincy Mill
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Quincy Mill is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Mill
      • Franklin Mine
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Franklin Mine is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Mine
      • Pewabic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Pewabic is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewabic
      • Hubbell
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Swedetown
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Swedetown is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
      • Dollar Bay
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mason
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hancock
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (56 more) ...
        • Houghton
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lake Linden
          (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Calumet
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Laurium
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Osceola
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
          • Osceola is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Tamarack
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • West Tamarack
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
          • West Tamarack is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tamarack
        • Pilgrim
          (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
          • Pilgrim is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
        • Hurontown
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Oskar
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Schmidt Corner
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
          • Schmidt Corner is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt Corner
        • Gregoryville
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
          • Gregoryville is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregoryville
        • Centennial Heights
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dodgeville
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Sunshine Beach
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Sunshine Beach is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
        • Point Mills
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Point Mills is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
        • Senter
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Senter is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senter
        • Lakeview
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Centennial
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dreamland
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Atlantic Mine
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
        • Superior
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Superior is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
        • Kearsarge
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Phillipsville
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Phillipsville is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
        • Wolverine
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Mill Mine Junction
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Mill Mine Junction is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Mine Junction
        • Liminga
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Liminga is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liminga
        • Copper City
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Baltic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • South Range
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Chassell
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Salmon Trout
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Salmon Trout is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Trout
        • Trimountain
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Trimountain is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimountain
        • Rabbit Bay
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Rabbit Bay is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Bay
        • Champion Mine
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Painesdale
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Redridge
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Traverse Bay
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Beacon Hill
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Freda
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Klingville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Klingville is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingville
        • Portage Entry
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • White City
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • White City is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
        • Jacobsville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Toivola
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Tapiola
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Tapiola is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapiola
        • Stonington
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Stonington is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
        • Askel
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Askel is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askel
        • Donken
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Donken is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donken
        • Elo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Twin Lakes
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Twin Lakes is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
        • Lake Roland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Wyandotte
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Wyandotte is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
        • Winona
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Winona is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
        • Hazel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Alston
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Alston is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
  • Baraga County
  • Keweenaw County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boston) 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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