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Nearest Communities to McGregor,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from McGregor.<1>

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

McGregor 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 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McGregor. Of these communities, 24 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 McGregor (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 McGregor

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

  • Aitkin County   (where McGregor resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Aitkin:   Aitkin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McGregor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McGregor.
      • Grayling
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Grayling is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
      • East Lake
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • East Lake is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
      • Minnewawa
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sheshebee
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sheshebee is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheshebee
      • Lawler
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Lawler is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
      • Kimberly
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Tamarack
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Thor
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Thor is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
      • Palisade
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Libby
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Balsam
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Balsam is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
      • Rossburg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Hassman
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Waldeck
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Waldeck is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
        • Waukenabo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Waukenabo is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukenabo
        • Ronald
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Ronald is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
        • Glen
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Glen is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
        • Bain
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Bain is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain
        • Dads Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
        • Glory
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Glory is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
        • Aitkin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Arthyde
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Arthyde is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthyde
        • Solana
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Solana is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
        • Malmo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Pine Knoll
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Pine Knoll is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll
        • Ball Bluff
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Ball Bluff is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Bluff
        • Wealthwood
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Haypoint
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • McGrath
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Bennettville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Bennettville is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettville
        • Swatara
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Swatara is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swatara
        • Jacobson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Rabey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Rabey is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabey
        • Cutler
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Cutler is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
        • Giese
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Giese is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giese
        • Hill City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Nichols
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Redtop
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Redtop is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
  • Carlton County
  • Cass County
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McGregor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McGregor.
      • Little Pine
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Little Pine is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pine
      • White Hawk
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • White Hawk is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hawk
      • Deerwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bay Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuyuna
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Cuyuna is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyuna
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
      • Oreland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Oreland is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreland
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Pine County
  • 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 McGregor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McGregor.
      • Gowan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Gowan is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowan
      • Floodwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Island
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Island is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
      • Hartley Spur
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hartley Spur is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Spur

Footnotes ...

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