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Nearest Communities to Bell Harbor,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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.


Bell Harbor 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 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bell Harbor. Of these communities, 4 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 Bell Harbor (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 Bell Harbor

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

  • Lake County   (where Bell Harbor resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lake.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Two Harbors
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bell Harbor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bell Harbor.
      • Little Marais Postoffice
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Kennedy Landing
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Kennedy Landing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Landing
      • Little Marais
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Little Marais is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marais
      • Illgen City
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Illgen City is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
      • Maple
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Maple is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
      • Finland
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Lax Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Lax Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax Lake
      • Cramer
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Cramer is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
      • Silver Bay
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Beaver Bay
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • East Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beaver Bay
      • Beaver Bay
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Murphy City
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Murphy City is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy City
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Baptism Crossing
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Baptism Crossing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptism Crossing
        • Manitou Junction
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Manitou Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Junction
        • Isabella
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Winter
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Winter is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
        • Jay See Landing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
        • Beaver Crossing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Beaver Crossing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
        • Greenwood Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
        • Whyte
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Whyte is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
        • Kelly Landing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Kelly Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Landing
        • Jordan
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Jordan is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
        • Norshor Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Norshor Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norshor Junction
        • Scott Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Scott Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Junction
        • Sawbill Landing
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Sawbill Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawbill Landing
        • London
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • London is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
        • Darby Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Darby Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Junction
        • Wheeler Landing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Wheeler Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Landing
        • Martin Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Martin Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Landing
        • Castle Danger
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Castle Danger is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Danger
        • McNair
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • McNair is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair
        • Silver Creek
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Silver Creek is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
        • Forest Center
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Forest Center is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Center
        • Lauren
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Lauren is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauren
        • Toimi
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Toimi is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toimi
        • Alger
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Alger is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
        • Highland
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Highland is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
        • Wales
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Wales is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
  • Cook County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bell Harbor) 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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