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 starting from Ely.<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: 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 Ely ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ely.
- Winton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Burntside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burntside is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside
- Burntside Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burntside Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside Lake
- Robinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Rothman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rothman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothman
- McComber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McComber is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McComber
- Eagles Nest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eagles Nest is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Murray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Babbitt
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Soudan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tower Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
- Tower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Embarrass
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wahlsten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wahlsten is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahlsten
- Hinsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hinsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
- Old Mesaba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mesaba
- Salo Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salo Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salo Corner
- Peyla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peyla is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyla
- Hoyt Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mesaba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaba
- Wyman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Skibo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Skibo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skibo
- Allen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen has also been known as:
- Allen Junction
- Colby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colby is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- 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 Ely ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ely.
- Section Thirty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Section Thirty is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Thirty
- White Iron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Iron is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Iron
- Silver Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Rapids is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rapids
- Happy Wanderer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
- Prairie Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Portage is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Portage
- Forest Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Center
- Martin Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Landing
- Kelly Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Landing
- Wheeler Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Landing
- Isabella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jay See Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
- Sawbill Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sawbill Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawbill Landing
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 from Point A (ie- Ely) 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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