Nearest Communities to Murphy City,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Murphy City, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Murphy City:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 Murphy City.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Murphy City is located in Lake County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Cook, Saint Louis, Ashland (WI), Bayfield (WI) & Douglas (WI).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Murphy City. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Murphy City (which is Lake 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 Murphy City
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lake County (where Murphy City resides)
- 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 Murphy City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Murphy City.
- Baptism Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Baptism Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptism Crossing
- Manitou Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Junction
- Isabella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Finland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jay See Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
- Winter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winter is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Maple
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maple is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Cramer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cramer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Kelly Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kelly Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Landing
- Lax Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lax Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax Lake
- Little Marais Postoffice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whyte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whyte is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Bell Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Harbor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Harbor
- Illgen City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Illgen City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
- Kennedy Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Landing
- Little Marais
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Marais is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marais
- Greenwood Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
- Sawbill Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sawbill Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawbill Landing
- Wheeler Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wheeler Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Landing
- Silver Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scott Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Junction
- Martin Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Martin Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Landing
- East Beaver Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beaver Bay
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Beaver Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Darby Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darby Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Junction
- Norshor Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Norshor Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norshor Junction
- Forest Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Forest Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Center
- Beaver Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- McNair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McNair is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair
- Happy Wanderer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
- Toimi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Toimi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toimi
- London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- London is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Wales
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Castle Danger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Castle Danger is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Danger
- Lauren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lauren is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauren
- Alger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alger is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
- Silver Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Cook County
- County Website: https://www.co.cook.mn.us/
- County Seat for Cook: Grand Marais
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Murphy City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Murphy City.
- Taconite Harbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Taconite Harbor is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconite Harbor
- Schroeder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tofte
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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 Murphy City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Murphy City.
- Bassett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Breda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Breda is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Hornby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Rollins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Fairbanks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Reno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Brimson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Babbitt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clappers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clappers is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappers
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murphy City) 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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