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Nearest Communities to Toivola,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Toivola 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 108 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Toivola. Of these communities, 36 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 Toivola (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 Toivola

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

  • Houghton County   (where Toivola 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 Toivola   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Toivola.
      • Stonington
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Stonington is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
      • Donken
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Donken is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donken
      • Champion Mine
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Painesdale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trimountain
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Trimountain is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimountain
      • Salmon Trout
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Salmon Trout is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Trout
      • Baltic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Range
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mill Mine Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Mill Mine Junction is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Mine Junction
      • Tapiola
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Tapiola is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapiola
      • Twin Lakes
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Twin Lakes is located in Houghton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
      • Beacon Hill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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        • Freda
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Atlantic Mine
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
        • Superior
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Superior is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
        • Lake Roland
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Wyandotte
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Wyandotte is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
        • Redridge
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Elo
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Winona
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Winona is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
        • Chassell
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Liminga
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Liminga is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liminga
        • Dodgeville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Askel
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Askel is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askel
        • Hancock
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Houghton
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hurontown
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Schmidt Corner
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Schmidt Corner is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt Corner
        • Klingville
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Klingville is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingville
        • Franklin Mine
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Franklin Mine is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Mine
        • Oskar
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Pewabic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Pewabic is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewabic
        • Pilgrim
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Pilgrim is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
        • Ripley
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Ripley is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
        • Sunshine Beach
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Sunshine Beach is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
        • Arcadian
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Arcadian is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadian
        • Lewer Pewabic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Lewer Pewabic is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewer Pewabic
        • Paavola
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hazel
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Portage Entry
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Dollar Bay
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Point Mills
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Point Mills is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
        • Alston
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Alston is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
        • White City
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • White City is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
        • Boston
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Nisula
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • White
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • White is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
        • Jacobsville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Mason
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Quincy Mill
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Quincy Mill is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Mill
        • Senter
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Senter is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senter
        • Dreamland
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Rabbit Bay
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Rabbit Bay is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Bay
        • Hubbell
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Gregoryville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Gregoryville is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregoryville
        • Lake Linden
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Osceola
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Osceola is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Swedetown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Swedetown is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
        • Calumet
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Laurium
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Tamarack
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • West Tamarack
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • West Tamarack is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tamarack
        • Centennial Heights
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakeview
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Pori
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Pori is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pori
        • Centennial
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Wolverine
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Kearsarge
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Phillipsville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Phillipsville is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
        • Copper City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Frost
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Frost is located in Houghton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
        • Traverse Bay
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Baraga County
  • Keweenaw County
  • Ontonagon 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Toivola) 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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