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Nearest Communities to Iron Mountain,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

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.

Iron Mountain is located in Dickinson County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickinson County: Iron, Marquette, Menominee, Florence (WI) & Marinette (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 103 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Iron Mountain. Of these communities, 76 are located in counties other than Dickinson 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 Iron Mountain (which is Dickinson 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 Iron Mountain

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

  • Dickinson County   (where Iron Mountain resides)
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   https://ironmi.com/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Crystal Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iron Mountain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Mountain.
      • Mansfield ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Stager
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Mastodon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Naults
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Naults is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naults
      • Panola
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Panola is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Mansfield Location
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Mansfield Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Location
      • Alpha
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunn Location
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Dunn Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Location
      • Kimball Location
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Kimball Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Location
      • Western Location
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Western Location is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Location
      • Kiernan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Kiernan is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiernan
      • Clinch ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Crystal Falls
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Monongahela Location
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Odgers Location
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Odgers Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odgers Location
        • Shafer Location
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Shafer Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer Location
        • Tobin Location
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Tobin Location is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin Location
        • Kelso Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Kelso Junction is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso Junction
        • New Bristol Location
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Pentoga
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Fortune Lake
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Fortune Lake is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Lake
        • Erickson Landing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Erickson Landing is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson Landing
        • Chicagon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Scott Lake
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Scott Lake is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
        • Balsam
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Balsam is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
        • Gaastra
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Mapleton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Mapleton is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Marquette County
  • Menominee County
    • County Website:   https://www.menomineecounty.com/
    • County Seat for Menominee:   Menominee
    • Note: Green Bay lies to the south
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iron Mountain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Mountain.
      • Faithorn
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Leapers
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Leapers is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapers
      • Blom
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cunard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Cunard is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunard
      • Vega
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Vega is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
      • Helps
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Helps is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helps
      • Hermansville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Hermansville is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
      • Nathan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Nathan is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
      • Gardner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Gardner is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Faunus ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Faunus is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faunus
      • Powers
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Banat
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
  • Florence County
  • Forest County
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon (WI)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iron Mountain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Mountain.
      • Armstrong Creek
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
      • Bonneval
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • 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
      • Popple River
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Popple River is located in Forest County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
  • Marinette County
    • County Website:   https://www.marinettecountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Marinette:   Marinette (WI)
    • Note: Green Bay and Lake Michigan lies to the southeast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Iron Mountain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Mountain.
      • Niagara
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Niagara is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,535 people
      • Dunbar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pembine
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kremlin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Kremlin is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremlin
      • Beecher
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Beecher is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher
      • Beecher Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Beecher Lake is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Lake
      • Goodman
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Goodman is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
      • Amberg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Amberg is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amberg
      • White Pine Haven
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • White Pine Haven is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine Haven
      • Cedarville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Athelstane
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wausaukee
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Wausaukee is located in Marinette County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausaukee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people

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- Iron Mountain) 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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