Nearest Communities to Alger,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alger, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alger:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Alger.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Alger is located in Lake County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Cook, Saint Louis, Ashland (WI), Bayfield (WI) & Douglas (WI).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alger. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Alger (which is Lake 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 Alger
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lake County (where Alger resides)
- County Website: www.lakecnty.com/
- County Seat for Lake: Two Harbors
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Lake County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Lake County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Lake County
- Nearest Communities to Alger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alger.
- York
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Lauren
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Stewart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Silver Creek is located in Lake County
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - London
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Wales
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Two Harbors
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Harbors
- Two Harbors is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Two Harbors <4>
- Castle Danger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Danger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Danger
- Castle Danger is located in Lake County
- Beaver Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lake County
- McNair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (20 more) ...
- Larsmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Darby Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darby Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Junction
- Darby Junction is located in Lake County
- Knife River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
- Knife River is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knife River <4>
- Norshor Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norshor Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norshor Junction
- Norshor Junction is located in Lake County
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Toimi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Scott Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Junction
- Scott Junction is located in Lake County
- Beaver Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bay
- Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Bay <4>
- Greenwood Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
- Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
- East Beaver Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Beaver Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beaver Bay
- East Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
- Whyte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Silver Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bay
- Silver Bay is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,751 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Bay <4>
- Lax Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Winter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Finland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finland
- Finland is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Finland <4>
- Illgen City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illgen City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
- Illgen City is located in Lake County
- Jay See Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jay See Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
- Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
- Bell Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Harbor
- Bell Harbor is located in Lake County
- Kennedy Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Landing
- Kennedy Landing is located in Lake County
- Murphy City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy City
- Murphy City is located in Lake County
- Larsmont
- Saint Louis County
- County Website: www.co.st-louis.mn.us/
- County Seat for Saint Louis: Duluth
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- Nearest Communities to Alger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alger.
- Rollins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Brimson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Brimson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brimson <4>
- Breda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Breda is located in Saint Louis County
- Hornby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Bassett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Palmers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Fairbanks
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - French River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French River
- French River is located in Saint Louis County
- Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Reno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Clappers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Lakewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Markham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Lester Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lester Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Park
- Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Skibo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Fredenberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredenberg
- Fredenberg is located in Saint Louis County
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Hunters Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Park
- Hunters Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Markham
- Bayfield County
- County Website: www.bayfieldcounty.org/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn (WI)
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- Nearest Communities to Alger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alger.
- Bark Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bark Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County (WI)
- Herbster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Port Wing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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 from Point A (ie- Alger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1472, Longitude: -91.6927 In this case, the coordinates for Alger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |