Nearest Communities to Bain,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bain, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bain:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bain is located in Aitkin County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aitkin County: Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine & Saint Louis.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bain. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Aitkin 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 Bain (which is Aitkin 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 Bain
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Aitkin County (where Bain resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Aitkin: Aitkin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bain.
- Waukenabo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waukenabo is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukenabo
- Haypoint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Haypoint is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypoint
- Palisade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swatara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swatara is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swatara
- Waldeck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waldeck is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
- Libby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Libby is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Hill City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shovel Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shovel Lake is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Lake
- Hassman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hassman is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassman
- Kimberly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Minnewawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minnewawa is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnewawa
- Pine Knoll
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knoll is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll
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- Sheshebee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sheshebee is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheshebee
- Rabey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rabey is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabey
- Rossburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
- Ball Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Bluff is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Bluff
- Aitkin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- McGregor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Balsam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Balsam is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
- Jacobson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grayling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayling is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
- East Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Lake is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Thor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thor is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
- Tamarack
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Glory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glory is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Lawler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawler is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Bennettville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bennettville is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettville
- Wealthwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wealthwood is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthwood
- Cutler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Carlton County
- County Website: https://www.carltoncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Carlton: Carlton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bain.
- Wright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Walker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bain.
- Mae
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mae is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
- Outing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Remer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Inguadona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Inguadona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inguadona
- Wabedo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wabedo is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabedo
- Tobique
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tobique is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobique
- 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 Bain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bain.
- Little Pine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Pine is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pine
- Emily
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fifty Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cuyuna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuyuna is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyuna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Mission
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Wolford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wolford is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolford
- Deerwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manganese
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manganese is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manganese
- Crosslake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Manhattan Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crosby Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crosby Beach is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Beach
- Crosby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
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- Swanburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swanburg is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanburg
- Ironton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oreland is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreland
- Trommald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trommald is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trommald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- White Hawk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- White Hawk is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hawk
- Bay Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Lake is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
- Klondyke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Klondyke is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondyke
- Homecroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Homecroft is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Itasca County
- County Website: https://www.co.itasca.mn.us/
- County Seat for Itasca: Grand Rapids
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bain.
- Marrier Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marrier Estates is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrier Estates
- Swan River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blackberry is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Philbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Philbin is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbin
- Warba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wawina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wawina is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawina
- Gunn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gunn is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- Grand Rapids
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- La Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- La Prairie is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Lakeview Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Terrace is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Terrace
- Saint Louis County
- County Website: https://www.stlouiscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Saint Louis: Duluth
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bain.
- Hartley Spur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartley Spur is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Spur
- Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Island is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bain) 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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