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Nearest Communities to Silver Bay,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.<1>

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

Silver Bay 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 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silver Bay. Of these communities, 10 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 Silver Bay (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 Silver Bay

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

  • Lake County   (where Silver Bay 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 Silver Bay   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Bay.
      • East Beaver Bay
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • East Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beaver Bay
      • Beaver Bay
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lax Lake
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lax Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax Lake
      • Illgen City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Illgen City is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
      • Finland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Kennedy Landing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Kennedy Landing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Landing
      • Bell Harbor
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bell Harbor is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Harbor
      • Little Marais Postoffice
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Marais
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Maple is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
      • Beaver Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Murphy City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Murphy City is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy City
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • London
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • London is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
        • Baptism Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Baptism Crossing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptism Crossing
        • Castle Danger
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Castle Danger is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Danger
        • Greenwood Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
        • Scott Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Scott Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Junction
        • Whyte
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Whyte is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
        • Darby Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Darby Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Junction
        • Jordan
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Jordan is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
        • Norshor Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Norshor Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norshor Junction
        • Cramer
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Cramer is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
        • McNair
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • McNair is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair
        • Manitou Junction
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Manitou Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Junction
        • Jay See Landing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
        • Winter
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Winter is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
        • Silver Creek
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Silver Creek is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
        • Highland
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Highland is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
        • Lauren
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Lauren is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauren
        • Isabella
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Alger
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Alger is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
        • Wales
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Wales is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
        • York
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • York is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
        • Stewart
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Toimi
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Toimi is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toimi
        • Waldo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Waldo is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
        • Kelly Landing
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Kelly Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Landing
        • Two Harbors
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sawbill Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Sawbill Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawbill Landing
        • Wheeler Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Wheeler Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Landing
  • Cook County
  • Saint Louis County
  • Bayfield County

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 from Point A (ie- Silver Bay) 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.