Nearest Communities to Cook,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cook, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cook:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cook 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 86 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cook. Of these communities, 3 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 Cook (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 Cook
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Saint Louis County (where Cook 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 Cook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cook.
- Leander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leander is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Shermans Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shermans Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermans Corner
- Haley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Angora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wakemup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wakemup is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakemup
- Idington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Idington is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idington
- Linden Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Linden Grove is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Grove
- Sturgeon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeon is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
- Gheen Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gheen Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheen Corner
- Gheen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gheen is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheen
- Forsman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forsman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsman
- Meadow Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Meadow Brook is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
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- Glendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Peyla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peyla is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyla
- Britt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orr
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orr is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orr <3>
- Greaney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greaney is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaney
- Brittmount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brittmount is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittmount
- Celina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Celina is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
- Bear River
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bear River is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
- Tower
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cusson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cusson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusson
- Side Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Soudan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tower Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
- Wahlsten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wahlsten is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahlsten
- Buyck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Iron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Parkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Parkville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Kinney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kinney is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Virginia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Salo Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salo Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salo Corner
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Buhl
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Buhl is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 969 people
- Hopper
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hopper is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
- Lucknow
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lucknow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- West Virginia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Virginia is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Virginia
- Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Rainy Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rainy Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy Junction
- Chisholm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Largo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Largo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Belgrade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elcor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elcor is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcor
- Embarrass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nett Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nett Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nett Lake
- De Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- De Forest is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Forest
- Eveleth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leonidas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leonidas is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonidas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Saint Clair Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Junction
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Biwabik
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKinley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKinley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Eagles Nest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eagles Nest is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Genoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scott is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Snowden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Snowden is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sparta is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Wolf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wolf is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Pineville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pineville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
- McComber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McComber is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McComber
- Ash Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ash Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Lake
- Dunwoody Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dunwoody Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody Junction
- Kitzville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kitzville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitzville
- Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Ramshaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ramshaw is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramshaw
- Wilpen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wilpen is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilpen
- Lavinia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lavinia is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Robinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Brooklyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Iron Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Iron Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Kirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kirk is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Redore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Redore is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redore
- Spruce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spruce is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burntside Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burntside Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside Lake
- Crane Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cherry is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry
- Ruby Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ruby Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Junction
- Hinsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hinsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
- Mahoning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- 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 Cook ...
- Togo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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 Cook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cook.
- Silverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silverdale is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Rauch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rauch is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauch
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 from Point A (ie- Cook) 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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