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Nearest Communities to South International Falls,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


South International Falls 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 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South International Falls. Of these communities, 2 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 South International Falls (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 South International Falls

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

  • Koochiching County   (where South International Falls 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 South International Falls   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South International Falls.
      • International Falls
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Jameson
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Jameson is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
      • Falls Junction
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Falls Junction is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
      • Ranier
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ranier is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranier <3>
      • Nakoda
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Nakoda is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakoda
      • Ericsburg
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ericsburg is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ericsburg
      • Spring Lodge Resort and Marina
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Thunderbird Resort
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Thunderbird Resort is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird Resort
      • Pelland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pelland is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelland
      • Island View
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Island View is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
      • Sha-Sha Resort
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Sha-Sha Resort is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sha-Sha Resort
      • Laurel
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Laurel is located in Koochiching County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Ray
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Littlefork
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Loman
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Loman is located in Koochiching County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loman
        • Indus
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Indus is located in Koochiching County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indus
        • Lindford
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Lindford is located in Koochiching County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindford
        • Wisner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Wisner is located in Koochiching County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
        • Hendrickson Landing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Hendrickson Landing is located in Koochiching County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson Landing
        • Manitou
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Manitou is located in Koochiching County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
  • Saint Louis 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- South International Falls) 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.