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Nearest Communities to Wheeler Landing,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 Wheeler Landing.<1>

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

Wheeler Landing 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 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wheeler Landing. Of these communities, 7 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 Wheeler Landing (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 Wheeler Landing

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

  • Lake County   (where Wheeler Landing 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 Wheeler Landing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler Landing.
      • Martin Landing
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Martin Landing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Landing
      • Sawbill Landing
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Sawbill Landing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawbill Landing
      • Forest Center
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Forest Center is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Center
      • Kelly Landing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Kelly Landing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Landing
      • Isabella
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Manitou Junction
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Manitou Junction is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Junction
      • Baptism Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Baptism Crossing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptism Crossing
      • Murphy City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Murphy City is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy City
      • Jay See Landing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jay See Landing is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay See Landing
      • Cramer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cramer is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
      • Winter
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Winter is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
      • Happy Wanderer
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Maple
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Maple is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
        • Finland
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Whyte
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Whyte is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
        • Prairie Portage
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Prairie Portage is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Portage
        • Little Marais Postoffice
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Little Marais
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Little Marais is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marais
        • Greenwood Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
        • Silver Rapids
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Silver Rapids is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rapids
        • Bell Harbor
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Bell Harbor is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Harbor
        • Kennedy Landing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Kennedy Landing is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Landing
        • White Iron
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • White Iron is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Iron
        • Section Thirty
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Section Thirty is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Thirty
        • Illgen City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Illgen City is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
        • Lax Lake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Lax Lake is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax Lake
        • Scott Junction
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Scott Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Junction
        • Jordan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Jordan is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
        • Silver Bay
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Darby Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Darby Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Junction
        • Norshor Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Norshor Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norshor Junction
  • Cook County
  • Saint Louis County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheeler Landing) 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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