Nearest Communities to Balsam,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Balsam, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Balsam:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Balsam.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Balsam 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 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Balsam. Of these communities, 37 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 Balsam (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 Balsam
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Aitkin County (where Balsam resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Aitkin: Aitkin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Balsam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Balsam.
- Sheshebee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheshebee is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheshebee
- Libby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Libby is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Tamarack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Minnewawa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Minnewawa is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnewawa
- Grayling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grayling is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
- Ball Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Bluff is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Bluff
- McGregor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lawler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lawler is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Palisade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Lake is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Rabey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rabey is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabey
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bain is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain
- Kimberly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Waukenabo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Waukenabo is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukenabo
- Waldeck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Waldeck is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
- Ronald
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ronald is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Haypoint
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Haypoint is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypoint
- Hassman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hassman is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassman
- Thor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thor is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
- Hill City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swatara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Swatara is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swatara
- Rossburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
- Arthyde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arthyde is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthyde
- Shovel Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shovel Lake is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Lake
- Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Carlton County
- County Website: https://www.carltoncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Carlton: Carlton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Balsam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Balsam.
- Wright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Cromwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Corona is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Automba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Automba is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
- Kettle River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
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- Big Lake Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Big Lake Chapel is located in Carlton County
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- Mahtowa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Barnum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moose Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Atkinson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Iverson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iverson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iverson
- 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 Balsam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Balsam.
- Wawina
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wawina is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawina
- Swan River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marrier Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marrier Estates is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrier Estates
- Warba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Goodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Goodland is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Philbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Philbin is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbin
- Blackberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blackberry is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Pine County
- County Website: https://www.pinecountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Pine: Pine City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Balsam ...
- Denham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Denham is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- 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 Balsam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Balsam.
- Gowan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gowan is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowan
- Floodwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Island is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
- Hartley Spur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hartley Spur is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Spur
- Paupores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Paupores is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paupores
- Brookston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arlberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arlberg is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlberg
- Elmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elmer is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Meadowlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Culver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Culver is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Maney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maney is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maney
- Prosit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prosit is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosit
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- Burnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Hull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hull is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Alborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
- Coleraine Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coleraine Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleraine 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Balsam) 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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