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Nearest Communities to Libby,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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

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

Libby is located in Aitkin County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aitkin County: Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine & Saint Louis.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Libby. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Aitkin 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 Libby (which is Aitkin 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 Libby

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

  • Aitkin County   (where Libby resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Aitkin:   Aitkin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Libby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Libby.
      • Minnewawa
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sheshebee
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sheshebee is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheshebee
      • Balsam
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Balsam is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
      • Palisade
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grayling
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Grayling is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
      • Ball Bluff
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Ball Bluff is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Bluff
      • McGregor
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bain
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Bain is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain
      • Tamarack
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Waukenabo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Waukenabo is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukenabo
      • Jacobson
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Rabey
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Rabey is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabey
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Haypoint
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Waldeck
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Waldeck is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
        • Kimberly
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • East Lake
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • East Lake is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
        • Swatara
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Swatara is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swatara
        • Lawler
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Lawler is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
        • Hassman
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Hill City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Thor
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Thor is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
        • Rossburg
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
        • Shovel Lake
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Shovel Lake is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Lake
        • Aitkin
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Pine Knoll
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Pine Knoll is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll
        • Glen
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Glen is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
        • Ronald
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ronald is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
        • Glory
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Glory is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
  • Carlton County
  • Cass County
  • Crow Wing County
  • 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 Libby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Libby.
      • Wawina
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Swan River
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Marrier Estates
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Marrier Estates is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrier Estates
      • Warba
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Philbin
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Philbin is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbin
      • Blackberry
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Blackberry is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
      • Goodland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Goodland is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
      • Gunn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Gunn is located in Itasca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
  • Saint Louis County
    • 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 Libby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Libby.
      • Hartley Spur
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hartley Spur is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Spur
      • Island
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Island is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
      • Floodwood
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gowan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Gowan is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowan
      • Paupores
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Paupores is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paupores

Footnotes ...

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