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Nearest Communities to Orr,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.<1>

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

Orr 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 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Orr. 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 Orr (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 Orr

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

  • Saint Louis County   (where Orr 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 Orr   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orr.
      • Glendale
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Glendale is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Cusson
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Cusson is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusson
      • Gheen Corner
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Gheen Corner is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheen Corner
      • Gheen
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Gheen is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheen
      • Haley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Haley is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
      • Ash Lake
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Ash Lake is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Lake
      • Greaney
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Greaney is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaney
      • Wakemup
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Wakemup is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakemup
      • Nett Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Nett Lake is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nett Lake
      • Linden Grove
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Linden Grove is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Grove
      • Buyck
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Brook
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Meadow Brook is located in Saint Louis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Cook
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Cook is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <3>
        • Celina
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Celina is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
        • Arbutus
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Arbutus is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus
        • Sturgeon
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Sturgeon is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
        • Leander
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Leander is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
        • Shermans Corner
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Shermans Corner is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermans Corner
        • Crane Lake
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Angora
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bear River
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Bear River is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
        • Idington
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Idington is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idington
        • Forsman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Forsman is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsman
        • Kabetogama
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Side Lake
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Peyla
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Peyla is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyla
        • Tower
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Tower is located in Saint Louis County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tower <3>
  • Itasca County
  • Koochiching County

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- Orr) 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.