Nearest Communities to Silver Creek,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Silver Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Silver Creek:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Silver Creek 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 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silver Creek. Of these communities, 22 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 Creek (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 Creek
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lake County (where Silver Creek 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 Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Creek.
- Castle Danger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Castle Danger is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Danger
- Alger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alger is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
- York
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- York is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Stewart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stewart is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- London
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- London is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Lauren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lauren is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauren
- Two Harbors
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Beaver Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Wales
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Larsmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Larsmont is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larsmont
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- McNair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McNair is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair
- Knife River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Darby Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Darby Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Junction
- Norshor Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norshor Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norshor Junction
- Beaver Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- East Beaver Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Beaver Bay
- Silver Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scott Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Junction
- Toimi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Toimi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toimi
- Lax Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lax Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax Lake
- Greenwood Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
- Whyte
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whyte is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Illgen City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Illgen City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
- Finland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Harbor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Harbor
- Kennedy Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Landing
- Winter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winter is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Little Marais Postoffice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jay See Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
- Little Marais
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Marais is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marais
- Murphy City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy City
- 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 Silver Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Creek.
- Rollins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rollins is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Brimson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmers is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmers
- Breda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Breda is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- French River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- French River is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French River
- Bassett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Hornby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Fairbanks
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbanks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Lakewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Reno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Lester Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Park
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- Clappers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clappers is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappers
- Arnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Hunters Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Park
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Fredenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fredenberg is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredenberg
- Bayfield County
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn (WI)
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Silver Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Creek.
- Bark Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
- Herbster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herbster is located in Bayfield County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbster
- Port Wing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
- Cornucopia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Superior (WI)
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Silver Creek ...
- Cloverland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cloverland is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
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- Silver Creek) 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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