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Nearest Communities to Chicagon,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Chicagon 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 88 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Chicagon. Of these communities, 42 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 Chicagon (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 Chicagon

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

  • Iron County   (where Chicagon resides)
    • County Website:   https://ironmi.com/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Crystal Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Chicagon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chicagon.
      • Mapleton
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Mapleton is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
      • Rogers Location
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Rogers Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Location
      • Fortune Lake
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Fortune Lake is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Lake
      • Bates Junction
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • New Bristol Location
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Erickson Landing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Erickson Landing is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson Landing
      • Gaastra
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bates Location
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Bates Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Location
      • Dunn Location
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Dunn Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Location
      • Monongahela Location
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Pentoga
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Palatka
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Palatka is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatka
      • Continue List   (34 more) ...
        • Scott Lake
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Scott Lake is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
        • Caspian
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Forbes Location
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Forbes Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Location
        • Hiawatha Location
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Hiawatha Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Location
        • Iron River
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Mineral Hills
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Mineral Hills is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hills
        • Stambaugh
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Stambaugh is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stambaugh
        • Virgil Location
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Virgil Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil Location
        • Clinch ‑ Historic
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Odgers Location
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Odgers Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odgers Location
        • Shafer Location
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Shafer Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer Location
        • Tobin Location
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Tobin Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin Location
        • Alpha
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Homer Location
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • Homer Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Location
        • Crystal Falls
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Kimball Location
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Kimball Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Location
        • Gibson Lake
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Gibson Lake is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Lake
        • Naults
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Naults is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naults
        • Panola
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Panola is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
        • Western Location
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Western Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Location
        • Amasa
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Balsam
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Balsam is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
        • Mastodon
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Stager
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hazel
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Hazel is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
        • Kelso Junction
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Kelso Junction is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso Junction
        • Atkinson ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Gibbs City ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Mansfield Location
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Mansfield Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Location
        • Beechwood
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Beechwood is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
        • Kiernan
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Kiernan is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiernan
        • Mansfield ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Basswood
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Basswood is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Elmwood
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Elmwood is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Baraga County
  • Dickinson County
  • Gogebic County
  • Houghton 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 Chicagon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chicagon.
      • Nelma
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Alvin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Alvin is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Popple River
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Popple River is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
      • Newald
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Newald is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
      • Armstrong Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
      • Bonneval
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Bonneval is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneval
  • Vilas 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chicagon) 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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