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Nearest Communities to Thomaston,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

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.

Thomaston is located in Gogebic County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Thomaston. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Gogebic 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 Thomaston (which is Gogebic 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 Thomaston

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

  • Gogebic County   (where Thomaston resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gogebic.gov/
    • County Seat for Gogebic:   Bessemer
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thomaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thomaston.
      • Connorville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Wakefield
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Planter
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Planter is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
      • Verona
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Verona is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Wico
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Wico is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wico
      • Plymouth
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Plymouth is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Ramsay
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
      • Tula
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Anvil
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Anvil is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
      • Bessemer
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Bessemer
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • North Bessemer is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bessemer
      • Yale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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        • Auvinen Corner
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Auvinen Corner is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvinen Corner
        • Siemens
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Siemens is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
        • Ethelwood
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Ethelwood is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelwood
        • Hartley
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Hartley is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
          • Hartley has also been known as:
          • Hartleys
        • Jessieville
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Jessieville is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
        • Hautala Corner
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Hautala Corner is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hautala Corner
        • Hillcrest
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • North Ironwood
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Theilers
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Theilers is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theilers
        • Dunham
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Dunham is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
        • Aurora
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Aurora is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
        • Norrie
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Norrie is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
        • Ironwood
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Junet
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Junet is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junet
        • Marenisco
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Wellington
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Wellington is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
        • White City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • White City is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
        • Gogebic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Gogebic is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
        • Thayer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Thayer is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
        • Stickley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Stickley is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickley
  • Ontonagon County
  • Ashland County
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   http://www.co.iron.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Hurley (WI)
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thomaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thomaston.
      • Van Buskirk
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Van Buskirk is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buskirk
      • Hurley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Gile
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Germania
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Germania is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
      • Orva
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Orva is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orva
      • Montreal
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Pence
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Pence is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
      • Kimball
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Kimball is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
      • Hoyt
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hoyt is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
      • Iron Belt
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Iron Belt is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Belt
      • Pine Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Pine Lake is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
      • Carter
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Carter is located in Iron County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Saxon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Saxon is located in Iron County (WI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
        • Upson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Upson is located in Iron County (WI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upson
        • Mercer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Mercer is located in Iron County (WI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
        • Manitowish
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Rouse
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Rouse is located in Iron County (WI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
        • Cedar
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Gurney
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Gurney is located in Iron County (WI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
        • Powell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Powell is located in Iron County (WI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Vilas County
    • County Website:   https://www.vilascountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Vilas:   Eagle River (WI)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thomaston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thomaston.
      • Winchester
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Winchester is located in Vilas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Presque Isle
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Presque Isle is located in Vilas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presque Isle
      • Katinka Village
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Katinka Village is located in Vilas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
      • Manitowish Waters
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
      • Boulder Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Boulder Junction is located in Vilas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thomaston) 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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