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Nearest Communities to Willow River,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Willow River.<1>

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

Willow River 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 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Willow River. Of these communities, 43 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 Willow River (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 Willow River

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

  • Pine County   (where Willow River resides)
  • Aitkin County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.aitkin.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Aitkin:   Aitkin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Willow River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Willow River.
      • Arthyde
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Arthyde is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthyde
      • Ronald
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Ronald is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
      • Giese
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Giese is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giese
      • Solana
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Solana is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
      • 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
      • Lawler
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lawler is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
      • McGrath
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • East Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • East Lake is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
      • Tamarack
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Grayling
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Grayling is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
      • Redtop
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Redtop is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
      • McGregor
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Thor
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Thor is located in Aitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
  • Carlton County
    • County Website:   https://www.carltoncountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Carlton:   Carlton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Willow River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Willow River.
      • Moose Lake
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Kettle River
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Barnum
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nemadji
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Nemadji is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemadji
      • Automba
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Duesler
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Duesler is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duesler
      • Mahtowa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkinson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Atkinson is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Blackhoof
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Blackhoof is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhoof
      • Holyoke
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Corona
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Corona is located in Carlton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
      • Cromwell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Woodbury
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Woodbury is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
        • Wright
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Otter Creek
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Sawyer
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
        • Pleasant Valley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Scotts Corner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Scotts Corner is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
        • Iverson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Iverson is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iverson
        • Big Lake Chapel
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Big Lake Chapel is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake Chapel
        • Alford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Alford is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
        • Carlton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Frogner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Frogner is located in Carlton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogner
        • Wrenshall
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kanabec County
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Douglas 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 from Point A (ie- Willow River) 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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