Nearest Communities to Ray,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ray, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ray:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 starting from Ray.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ray is located in Koochiching County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Koochiching County: Beltrami, Itasca, Lake of the Woods & Saint Louis.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ray. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Koochiching 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 Ray (which is Koochiching 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 Ray
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Koochiching County (where Ray resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.koochiching.mn.us/
- County Seat for Koochiching: International Falls
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ray ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ray.
- Ericsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ericsburg is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ericsburg
- Island View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Island View is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Spring Lodge Resort and Marina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sha-Sha Resort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sha-Sha Resort is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sha-Sha Resort
- Thunderbird Resort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Thunderbird Resort is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird Resort
- Nakoda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nakoda is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakoda
- Falls Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Junction is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- South International Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- International Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jameson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jameson is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Ranier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pelland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pelland is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelland
- Laurel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Wisner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wisner is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
- Lindford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lindford is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindford
- Loman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Loman is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loman
- Silverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Silverdale is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Hendrickson Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hendrickson Landing is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson Landing
- Grand Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Falls is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls
- 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 Ray ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ray.
- Kabetogama
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arbutus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arbutus is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus
- Ash Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ash Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Lake
- Nett Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nett Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nett Lake
- Kettle Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kettle Falls is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Falls
- Cusson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cusson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusson
- Orr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orr is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orr <3>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ray) 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. |