Nearest Communities to McComber,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to McComber, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for McComber:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
McComber 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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McComber. Of these communities, 4 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 McComber (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 McComber
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Saint Louis County (where McComber 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 McComber ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McComber.
- Robinson
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robinson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Eagles Nest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eagles Nest is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Burntside Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burntside Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside Lake
- Murray
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Burntside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burntside is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntside
- Rothman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rothman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothman
- Soudan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tower Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
- Ely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ely is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,325 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <3>
- Tower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wahlsten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wahlsten is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahlsten
- Winton
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Embarrass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peyla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peyla is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyla
- Babbitt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Salo Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salo Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salo Corner
- Hinsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hinsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
- Old Mesaba
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Old Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mesaba
- Mesaba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaba
- Hoyt Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Colby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colby is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Wyman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wyman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen has also been known as:
- Allen Junction
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pineville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
- Skibo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Skibo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skibo
- Biwabik
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Britt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forsman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forsman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsman
- Belgrade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Angora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leander is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
- Shermans Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shermans Corner is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermans Corner
- Wakemup
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wakemup is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakemup
- Buyck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clappers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clappers is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappers
- McKinley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McKinley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Cook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Idington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Idington is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idington
- Brittmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brittmount is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittmount
- Elcor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elcor is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcor
- Reno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Reno is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 McComber ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McComber.
- Section Thirty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Section Thirty is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Thirty
- White Iron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- White Iron is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Iron
- Silver Rapids
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Rapids is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rapids
- Happy Wanderer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McComber) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |