Nearest Communities to Bowstring,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bowstring, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bowstring:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 Bowstring.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bowstring is located in Itasca County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Itasca County: Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Koochiching & Saint Louis.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bowstring. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Itasca 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 Bowstring (which is Itasca 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 Bowstring
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Itasca County (where Bowstring resides)
- 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 Bowstring ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bowstring.
- Alder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alder is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
- Jessie Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jessie Lake is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie Lake
- Talmoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Suomi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Suomi is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suomi
- Marcell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Inger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Inger is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inger
- Oslund
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oslund is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslund
- Deer River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Max
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bigfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wirt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wirt is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirt
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Zemple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Zemple is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Ball Club
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Club is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Club
- Squaw Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dora Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dora Lake is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Lake
- Effie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pomroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomroy is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomroy
- Bass Brook Court
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Brook Court is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook Court
- Dunbar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Bass Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bass Brook is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook
- Cohasset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Canisteo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Canisteo is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canisteo
- Coleraine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Terrace
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Terrace is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Terrace
- Grand Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taconite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taconite is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
- Alvwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alvwood is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvwood
- Bovey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holman is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holman
- Rosy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rosy is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosy
- La Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- La Prairie is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Bergville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bergville is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergville
- Gunn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- Marble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silverwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silverwood is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Calumet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cort is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cort
- Cooley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooley is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooley
- Jurgenson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jurgenson is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jurgenson
- Cass County
- County Website: https://www.casscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Cass: Walker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bowstring ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bowstring.
- Days High Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Days High Landing is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days High Landing
- Bena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Elevenmile Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elevenmile Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenmile Corner
- Ryan Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Village
- Federal Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boy River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boy River is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Bald Eagle Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bald Eagle Center is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle Center
- Koochiching County
- County Website: https://www.co.koochiching.mn.us/
- County Seat for Koochiching: International Falls
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bowstring ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bowstring.
- Wildwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Craigville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Craigville is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Pinetop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetop is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowstring) 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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