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Nearest Communities to Burntside Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 from Burntside Lake.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Burntside Lake is located in Saint Louis County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Louis County: Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake & Douglas (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Burntside Lake. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Saint Louis 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 Burntside Lake (which is Saint Louis 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 Burntside Lake

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

  • Saint Louis County   (where Burntside Lake resides)
    • 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 Burntside Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burntside Lake.
      • Robinson
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Robinson is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
      • McComber
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • McComber is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McComber
      • Burntside
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Burntside is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside
      • Eagles Nest
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Eagles Nest is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
      • Ely
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Ely is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,325 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <3>
      • Murray
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Murray is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Rothman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Rothman is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothman
      • Soudan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Winton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Winton is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Tower Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
      • Tower
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Tower is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
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      • Wahlsten
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wahlsten is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahlsten
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Peyla
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Peyla is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyla
        • Babbitt
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Babbitt is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Babbitt <3>
        • Embarrass
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Ridge
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
        • Salo Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Salo Corner is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salo Corner
        • Hinsdale
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Hinsdale is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
        • Old Mesaba
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Old Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mesaba
        • Mesaba
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaba
        • Hoyt Lakes
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Colby
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Colby is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
        • Wyman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Wyman is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
        • Allen
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Allen is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
          • Allen has also been known as:
          • Allen Junction
        • Aurora
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Aurora is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,610 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <3>
        • Buyck
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pineville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Pineville is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
        • Skibo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Skibo is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skibo
        • Biwabik
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Britt
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Forsman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Forsman is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsman
        • Angora
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Wakemup
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Wakemup is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakemup
        • Belgrade
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Leander
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Leander is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
        • Shermans Corner
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Shermans Corner is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermans Corner
        • Cook
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Cook is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <3>
        • Idington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Idington is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idington
  • Lake County
    • 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 Burntside Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Burntside Lake.
      • Section Thirty
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Section Thirty is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Thirty
      • White Iron
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • White Iron is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Iron
      • Silver Rapids
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Silver Rapids is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rapids
      • Happy Wanderer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
      • Prairie Portage
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Prairie Portage is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Portage

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Burntside Lake) 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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