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Nearest Communities to Sturgeon Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Sturgeon Lake.<1>

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

Sturgeon Lake is located in Pine County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pine County: Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Burnett (WI), Douglas (WI) & Polk (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 73 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sturgeon Lake. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Pine 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 Sturgeon Lake (which is Pine 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 Sturgeon Lake

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

  • Pine County   (where Sturgeon Lake resides)
  • Aitkin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Aitkin:   Aitkin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sturgeon Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Lake.
      • Ronald
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Ronald is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
      • Arthyde
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Arthyde is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthyde
      • Solana
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Solana is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
      • Giese
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Giese is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giese
      • Lawler
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Lawler is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
      • Dads Corner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
      • Tamarack
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • McGrath
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • East Lake is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Grayling
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Grayling is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
        • McGregor
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sheshebee
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Sheshebee is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheshebee
        • Thor
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Thor is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
        • Minnewawa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Redtop
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Redtop is located in Aitkin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
  • Carlton County
    • County Website:   https://www.carltoncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Carlton:   Carlton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sturgeon Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Lake.
      • Moose Lake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kettle River
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Barnum
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Nemadji
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Nemadji is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemadji
      • Automba
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mahtowa
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Duesler
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Duesler is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duesler
      • Corona
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Corona is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
      • Cromwell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Atkinson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Atkinson is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Blackhoof
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Blackhoof is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhoof
      • Holyoke
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Woodbury
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Woodbury is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
        • Otter Creek
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Wright
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sawyer
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
        • Pleasant Valley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Iverson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Iverson is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iverson
        • Scotts Corner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Scotts Corner is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
        • Big Lake Chapel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Big Lake Chapel is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake Chapel
        • Wrenshall
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Alford
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Alford is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
        • Carlton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Frogner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Frogner is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogner
        • Thomson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Thomson is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
          • Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
        • Cloquet
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Scanlon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Scanlon is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
        • Brownell
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Brownell is located in Carlton County
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  • Kanabec County
  • 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 Sturgeon Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Lake.
      • Foxboro
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Foxboro is located in Douglas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxboro
      • Patzau
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Patzau is located in Douglas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patzau
      • Dewey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dewey is located in Douglas County (WI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sturgeon Lake) 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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