Nearest Communities to Backus,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Backus, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Backus:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Backus.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Backus is located in Cass County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Aitkin, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Morrison, Todd & Wadena.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Backus. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Cass 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 Backus (which is Cass 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 Backus
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cass County (where Backus resides)
- County Website: https://www.casscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Walker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus.
- Mildred
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mildred is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Oshawa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oshawa is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
- Hackensack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pontoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pontoria is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoria
- Chickamaw Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Pine River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wabedo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wabedo is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabedo
- Ah-gwah-ching
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
- Whipholt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whipholt is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipholt
- Graff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Graff is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Longville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Onigum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Onigum is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
- Walker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Baker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Brevik
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brevik is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevik
- Inguadona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inguadona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inguadona
- Leader
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leader is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
- Ellis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Lake Shore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Central Cass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Central Cass is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Outing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Casino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Casino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino
- East Gull Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mae
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mae is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
- Wilkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilkinson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Boy River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boy River is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Tobique
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tobique is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobique
- Bridgeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bridgeman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
- Crow Wing County
- County Website: https://www.crowwing.gov/
- County Seat for Crow Wing: Brainerd
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus.
- Jenkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swanburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Swanburg is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanburg
- Lakewood Court
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Court is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Court
- Manhattan Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pequot Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fifty Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Breezy Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crosslake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pequot Terrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pequot Terrace is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Terrace
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Nisswa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Hubert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Hubert is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hubert
- Emily
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mission
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mission is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Legionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
- Merrifield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard County
- County Website: https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
- County Seat for Hubbard: Park Rapids
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus.
- Chamberlain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Badoura
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Badoura is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
- Akeley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Hubbard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Benedict
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benedict is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
- Park Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Park Estates is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Estates
- Deer Lane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
- Park Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Emmaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Horton is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Laporte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wadena County
- County Website: https://www.co.wadena.mn.us/
- County Seat for Wadena: Wadena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus.
- Huntersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huntersville is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Nimrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oylen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oylen is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oylen
- Esterdy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Esterdy is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esterdy
- Menahga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blue Grass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Grass is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Sebeka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Backus) 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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