Nearest Communities to Gowan,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gowan, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gowan:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 from Gowan.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Gowan 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 95 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gowan. Of these communities, 47 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 Gowan (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 Gowan
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Saint Louis County (where Gowan 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 Gowan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gowan.
- Paupores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Floodwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floodwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
- Floodwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floodwood <4>
- Arlberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Brookston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
- Brookston is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <4>
- Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Hartley Spur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartley Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Spur
- Hartley Spur is located in Saint Louis County
- Culver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Alborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
- Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
- Coleraine Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleraine Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleraine Junction
- Coleraine Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Maney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Prosit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Burnett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Continue List (36 more) ...
- Meadowlands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
- Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Baden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Elmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Birch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Grand Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Grand Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Saint Louis County
- Saginaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Payne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Toivola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Harnell Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harnell Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnell Park
- Harnell Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Canyon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Canyon is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon <4>
- Twig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Dumblane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Twig Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twig Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig Station
- Twig Station is located in Saint Louis County
- Hull
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Kelsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Bartlett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Munger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Simar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Taft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Four Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Saint Louis County
- Sax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Adolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adolph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adolph
- Adolph is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adolph <4>
- Five Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Five Corners is located in Saint Louis County
- Cotton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Cotton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotton <4>
- Eldes Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldes Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldes Corner
- Eldes Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Hermantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermantown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermantown
- Hermantown is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,504 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermantown <4>
- Casco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Silica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Shaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Little Swan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Swan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Swan
- Little Swan is located in Saint Louis County
- Fredenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredenberg
- Fredenberg is located in Saint Louis County
- Proctor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Proctor is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <4>
- Saint Paul Church
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul Church have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul Church
- Saint Paul Church is located in Saint Louis County
- Central Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Lakes
- Central Lakes is located in Saint Louis County
- Fond du Lac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fond du Lac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County
- Meadowlands
- Aitkin County
- County Website: www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Aitkin: Aitkin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Aitkin County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Aitkin County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Aitkin County
- Nearest Communities to Gowan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gowan.
- Balsam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Tamarack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Jacobson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobson
- Jacobson is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacobson <4>
- Sheshebee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Ball Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ball Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Bluff
- Ball Bluff is located in Aitkin County
- Grayling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Minnewawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnewawa
- Minnewawa is located in Aitkin County
- Libby
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Libby is located in Aitkin County
- Rabey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Lawler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - McGregor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
- McGregor is located in Aitkin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGregor <4>
- Ronald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - East Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton County
- County Website: www.co.carlton.mn.us/
- County Seat for Carlton: Carlton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Carlton County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Carlton County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Carlton County
- Nearest Communities to Gowan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gowan.
- Cromwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Cromwell is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cromwell <4>
- Corona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Woodbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Big Lake Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Lake Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake Chapel
- Big Lake Chapel is located in Carlton County
- Wright
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wright have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Wright is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wright <4>
- Sawyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Iverson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Atkinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Cloquet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloquet
- Cloquet is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,014 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloquet <4>
- Mahtowa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Otter Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Scanlon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Carlton is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <4>
- Automba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
- Automba is located in Carlton County
- Esko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esko
- Esko is located in Carlton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esko <4>
- Thomson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Harney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Barnum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Barnum is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnum <4>
- Kettle River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle River
- Kettle River is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kettle River <4>
- Alford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Brownell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Scotts Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Scotts Corner is located in Carlton County
- Wrenshall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrenshall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrenshall
- Wrenshall is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrenshall <4>
- Moose Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Lake
- Moose Lake is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,790 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Lake <4>
- Blackhoof
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Duesler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Nemadji
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlton
- Itasca County
- County Website: 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 ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Itasca County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Itasca County
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- State of Minnesota
- Itasca County
- Nearest Communities to Gowan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gowan.
- Wawina
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Swan River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
- Swan River is located in Itasca County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan River <4>
- Goodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Marrier Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marrier Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrier Estates
- Marrier Estates is located in Itasca County
- Warba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warba
- Warba is located in Itasca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warba <4>
- Bengal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Philbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Gowan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gowan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8641, Longitude: -92.8471 In this case, the coordinates for Gowan 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. |