Nearest Communities to Ely,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ely, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ely:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
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.
Ely 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 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ely. Of these communities, 12 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 Ely (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 Ely
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Saint Louis County (where Ely resides)
- County Website: www.co.st-louis.mn.us/
- County Seat for Saint Louis: Duluth
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- Nearest Communities to Ely ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ely.
- Winton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Burntside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Burntside Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burntside Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside Lake
- Burntside Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Robinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Rothman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - McComber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Eagles Nest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagles Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Eagles Nest is located in Saint Louis County
- Murray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Babbitt
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Babbitt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
- Babbitt is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Babbitt <4>
- Soudan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soudan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudan
- Soudan is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soudan <4>
- Tower Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
- Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Tower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
- Tower is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tower <4>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Embarrass
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Embarrass is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Embarrass <4>
- Wahlsten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Hinsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Old Mesaba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Mesaba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mesaba
- Old Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
- Salo Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salo Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salo Corner
- Salo Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Peyla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Hoyt Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoyt Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt Lakes
- Hoyt Lakes is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,927 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoyt Lakes <4>
- Mesaba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Wyman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Skibo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Allen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Saint Louis County
- Allen has also been known as:
- Allen Junction
- Colby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge
- Lake County
- County Website: www.lakecnty.com/
- County Seat for Lake: Two Harbors
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Lake County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Lake County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Lake County
- Nearest Communities to Ely ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ely.
- Section Thirty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Section Thirty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Thirty
- Section Thirty is located in Lake County
- White Iron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Iron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Iron
- White Iron is located in Lake County
- Silver Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rapids
- Silver Rapids is located in Lake County
- Happy Wanderer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Wanderer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
- Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
- Prairie Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Portage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Portage
- Prairie Portage is located in Lake County
- Forest Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Center
- Forest Center is located in Lake County
- Martin Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Landing
- Martin Landing is located in Lake County
- Kelly Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Landing
- Kelly Landing is located in Lake County
- Wheeler Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Landing
- Wheeler Landing is located in Lake County
- Isabella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Isabella is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isabella <4>
- Jay See Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jay See Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
- Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
- Sawbill Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawbill Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawbill Landing
- Sawbill Landing is located in Lake County
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ely) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ely. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9054, Longitude: -91.8518 In this case, the coordinates for Ely have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |