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Nearest Communities to Oaks Corner,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Oaks Corner is located in Lake of the Woods County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake of the Woods County: Beltrami, Koochiching & Roseau.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oaks Corner. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Lake of the Woods 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 Oaks Corner (which is Lake of the Woods 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 Oaks Corner

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

  • Lake of the Woods County   (where Oaks Corner resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lake-of-the-woods.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Lake of the Woods:   Baudette
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Manitoba lies to the northwest, the Lake of the Woods lies to the north and the Canadian Province of Ontario to the northeast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oaks Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oaks Corner.
      • Faunce
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Faunce is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faunce
      • Carp
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Carp is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp
      • Graceton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Graceton is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
      • Pitt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pitt is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt
      • Williams
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Williams is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williams <3>
      • Baudette
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Baudette is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baudette
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baudette <3>
      • Hackett
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Hackett is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackett
      • Clementson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Clementson is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementson
      • Wheelers Point
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Wheelers Point is located in Lake of the Woods County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Point
  • Beltrami County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Beltrami:   Bemidji
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oaks Corner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oaks Corner.
      • Gates Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Gates Corner is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
      • Malcolm
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Malcolm is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
      • Thorhult
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Thorhult is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorhult
      • Four Town
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Four Town is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Town
      • Carmel
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Carmel is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
      • Jelle
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jelle is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelle
      • Ponemah
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Ponemah is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponemah
      • Waskish
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Domaas
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Domaas is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domaas
      • Otto
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Otto is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
      • Shotley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Shotley is located in Beltrami County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotley
  • Koochiching County
  • Roseau County

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- Oaks Corner) 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.