Nearest Communities to Sparta,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sparta, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sparta:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
Sparta 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 114 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sparta. Of these communities, 3 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 Sparta (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 Sparta
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Saint Louis County (where Sparta resides)
- Given the large number of communities that are located in Saint Louis County, we have limited the list to those within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Sparta (about 100 communities).
- 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 Sparta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
- Gilbert
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gilbert is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
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- Genoa
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Genoa is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Midway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Eveleth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eveleth is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,536 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eveleth <3>
- Elcor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elcor is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Rainy Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rainy Junction is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Snowden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Snowden is also located in Saint Louis County
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- McKinley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Spruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce is also located in Saint Louis County
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- De Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Forest is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Largo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Largo is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Leonidas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leonidas is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
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- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Franklin is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Hopper
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopper is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Virginia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Virginia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Virginia is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Ramshaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ramshaw is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Belgrade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Iron Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Junction is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Biwabik
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peary is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Mountain Iron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keenan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keenan is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pineville is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Makinen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Makinen is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Kirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Palo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palo is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Brittmount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brittmount is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aurora is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,610 people
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- Cherry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Kinney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kinney is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Britt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Zim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zim is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Lucknow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lucknow is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Sherwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sherwood is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Buhl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Buhl is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 969 people
- Scott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Scott is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Colby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Colby is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Melrude
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Melrude is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grant is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Salo Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salo Corner is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Central Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Central Lakes is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Markham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Markham is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Wilpen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilpen is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Allen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allen is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Allen has also been known as:
- Allen Junction
- Wyman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wyman is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Forsman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forsman is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Hinsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hinsdale is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Mesaba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mesaba is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Old Mesaba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mesaba is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Casco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Casco is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Saint Clair Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair Junction is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Hoyt Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Embarrass
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sax
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sax is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Chisholm
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dunwoody Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dunwoody Junction is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Onega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Onega is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Kitzville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kitzville is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Mitchell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mitchell is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Redore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Redore is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Wahlsten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wahlsten is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Idington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Idington is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Cotton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Whiteface
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Whiteface is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Little Swan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Swan is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Brooklyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Ruby Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ruby Junction is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Hibbing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hibbing is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,716 people
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- Lavinia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lavinia is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Skibo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Skibo is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Angora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peyla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peyla is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Kelsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelsey is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Riley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Riley is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Scranton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Scranton is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Shermans Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shermans Corner is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Dumblane
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dumblane is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Kerr
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kerr is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Leetonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leetonia is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Mahoning
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Clappers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clappers is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Reno
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reno is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Leander
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leander is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Kelly Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kelly Lake is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Tower
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tower is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
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- Tower Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Junction is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Shaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shaw is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Toivola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Toivola is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Fairbanks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Soudan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Payne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Payne is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Cook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cook is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
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- Babbitt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Babbitt is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
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- Murray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Murray is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Hull
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hull is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Stevenson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stevenson is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Hornby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hornby is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Side Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sturgeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sturgeon is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Elmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmer is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Breda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Breda is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Canyon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowlands
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowlands is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Silica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silica is also located in Saint Louis County
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- Itasca County
- County Website: https://www.co.itasca.mn.us/
- County Seat for Itasca: Grand Rapids
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sparta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
- Bennett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Itasca County
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- Keewatin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Keewatin is located in Itasca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,010 people
- Bengal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bengal is located in Itasca County
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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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sparta) 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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