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Nearest Communities to Finlayson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Finlayson.<1>

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

Finlayson is located in Pine County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pine County: Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Burnett (WI), Douglas (WI) & Polk (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Finlayson. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Pine 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 Finlayson (which is Pine 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 Finlayson

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

  • Pine County   (where Finlayson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.pinecountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Pine:   Pine City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Finlayson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Finlayson.
      • Groningen
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Groningen is also located in Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groningen
      • Rutledge
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Rutledge is also located in Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
      • Banning
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Banning is also located in Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
      • Sandstone
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Askov
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Willow River
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Friesland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Friesland is also located in Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
      • Ellson
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ellson is also located in Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellson
      • Denham
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Denham is also located in Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Hinckley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Sturgeon Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bruno
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Evergreen Park
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Evergreen Park is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
        • Cloverdale
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Mission Creek
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Mission Creek is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
        • Kerrick
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Brook Park
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Brook Park is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
        • Duxbury
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Duquette
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Duquette is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquette
        • Beroun
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Saint Johns Landing Camp
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Nickerson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Nickerson is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickerson
        • Henriette
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Henriette is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
        • Pine City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Cloverton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Kingsdale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Markville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Markville is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markville
        • Belden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Belden is also located in Pine County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
        • Rock Creek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Aitkin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Aitkin:   Aitkin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Finlayson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Finlayson.
      • Giese
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Giese is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giese
      • Arthyde
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Arthyde is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthyde
      • Solana
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Solana is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
      • McGrath
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Ronald
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Ronald is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
      • Dads Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
      • Redtop
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Redtop is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
      • Lawler
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lawler is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
      • East Lake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • East Lake is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
      • Thor
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Thor is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
      • Malmo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Carlton County
  • Kanabec County
    • County Website:   https://www.kanabeccounty.org/
    • County Seat for Kanabec:   Mora
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Finlayson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Finlayson.
      • Kroschel
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Kroschel is located in Kanabec County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroschel
      • Woodland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Woodland is located in Kanabec County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Warman
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Warman is located in Kanabec County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warman
      • Quamba
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Quamba is located in Kanabec County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
      • Mora
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Grasston
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Burnett County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Finlayson) 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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