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Nearest Communities to Wilton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wilton.<1>

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

Wilton is located in Beltrami County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beltrami County: Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington & Roseau.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wilton. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Beltrami 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 Wilton (which is Beltrami 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 Wilton

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

  • Beltrami County   (where Wilton resides)
  • Becker County
  • Cass County
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilton.
      • Cass Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuba
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Cuba is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Wilkinson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Wilkinson is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
      • Bald Eagle Center
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Bald Eagle Center is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle Center
      • Schley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Schley is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
  • Clearwater County
    • County Website:   https://www.clearwatercountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Clearwater:   Bagley
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilton.
      • Shevlin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Alida
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Alida is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Coffee Pot Landing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
      • Leonard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Vern
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Vern is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vern
      • Mallard ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
      • Bagley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Lake Itasca
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Minerva
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Zerkel
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Zerkel is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerkel
      • Clearbrook
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Ponsford Landing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Ponsford Landing is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponsford Landing
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Bonga Landing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
        • Ebro
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Ebro is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
        • Big Bear Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
        • Bush Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
        • Jack Pine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
        • Rice Lake
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
        • Weme
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Weme is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weme
        • Long Lost Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
          • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
        • Gonvick
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Berner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Berner is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berner
        • Winsor
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Winsor is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilton.
      • Becida
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Becida is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becida
      • Nary
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Nary is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
      • Farris
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Farris is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farris
      • Guthrie
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Yola
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Yola is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yola
      • Kabekona Corner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
      • Lake George
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Laporte
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Benedict
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
      • Emmaville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
  • Mahnomen County
  • Polk County

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- Wilton) 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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