Nearest Communities to Wahkon,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wahkon, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wahkon:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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.
Wahkon is located in Mille Lacs County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mille Lacs County: Aitkin, Benton, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Morrison & Sherburne.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wahkon. Of these communities, 57 are located in counties other than Mille Lacs 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 Wahkon (which is Mille Lacs 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 Wahkon
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mille Lacs County (where Wahkon resides)
- County Website: https://www.millelacs.mn.gov/
- County Seat for Mille Lacs: Milaca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Isle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bayview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bayview is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cove is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Onamia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Opstead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Opstead is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opstead
- Vineland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Johnsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsdale is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsdale
- Page
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Page is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Bock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Milaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Foreston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Pease
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Woodward Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodward Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Brook
- Aitkin County
- County Website: https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
- County Seat for Aitkin: Aitkin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Redtop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redtop is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
- Malmo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Malmo is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- McGrath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wealthwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wealthwood is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthwood
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Dads Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Cutler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cutler is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Giese
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Giese is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giese
- Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glen is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Glory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glory is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Solana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Solana is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
- Bennettville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettville is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettville
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- Thor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Thor is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
- Arthyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arthyde is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthyde
- Rossburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
- Aitkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kimberly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Benton County
- County Website: https://www.co.benton.mn.us/
- County Seat for Benton: Foley
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- Brennyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brennyville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennyville
- Crow Wing County
- County Website: https://www.crowwing.gov/
- County Seat for Crow Wing: Brainerd
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Garrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Center is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Center
- White Hawk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- White Hawk is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hawk
- Bay Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Lake is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
- Shephard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shephard is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shephard
- Oreland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oreland is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreland
- Deerwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Klondyke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Klondyke is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondyke
- Isanti County
- County Website: https://www.co.isanti.mn.us/
- County Seat for Isanti: Cambridge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Day
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Andree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andree is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andree
- Kanabec County
- County Website: https://www.kanabeccounty.org/
- County Seat for Kanabec: Mora
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Warman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Warman is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warman
- Ogilvie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kroschel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kroschel is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroschel
- Quamba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quamba is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Lewis Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lewis Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lake
- Brunswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brunswick is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Coin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Grasston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Morrison County
- County Website: https://morrisoncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Morrison: Little Falls
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Hillman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harding
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harding is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Lastrup
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Platte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Platte is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
- Morrill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrill is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Ramey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ramey is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Pierz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Genola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Genola is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Pine County
- County Website: https://www.pinecountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Pine: Pine City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahkon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahkon.
- Brook Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brook Park is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Henriette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henriette is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Ellson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ellson is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellson
- Evergreen Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Park is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Friesland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Friesland is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Groningen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Groningen is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groningen
- Hinckley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Finlayson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mission Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mission Creek is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
- Beroun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beroun is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
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- Wahkon) 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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