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Nearest Communities to Abbotsford,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Abbotsford is primarily located in Clark County. A portion of Abbotsford extends into Marathon County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Taylor & Wood.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 93 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Abbotsford. Of these communities, 62 are located in counties other than Clark 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 Abbotsford (which is Clark 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 Abbotsford

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

  • Clark County   (where Abbotsford resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.clarkcountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Neillsville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Abbotsford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Abbotsford.
      • Colby
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Colby is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
      • Dorchester
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Dorchester is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
      • Curtiss
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Atwood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Riplinger
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bright
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Bright is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
      • Owen
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Withee
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Longwood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Longwood is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
      • Hemlock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hemlock is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
      • Loyal
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Loyal is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
      • Spokeville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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        • Veefkind
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Clark
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Clark is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
        • Greenwood
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Lombard
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Lombard is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
        • Reseburg
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Chili
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Thorp
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Thorp is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
        • Christie
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Christie is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
        • Willard
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Granton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Lynn
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Lynn is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
        • Globe
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Eadsville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Eidsvold
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Kurth ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Kurth is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurth
        • Worden ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Worden is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
        • Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Junction is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
        • Neillsville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Neillsville is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
        • Tioga
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Tioga is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
  • Chippewa County
  • Marathon County
    • County Website:   https://www.marathoncounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Marathon:   Wausau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Abbotsford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Abbotsford.
      • Cherokee
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cherokee is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
      • Unity
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Unity is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
      • Milan
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Swan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Swan is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
      • Corinth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wuertsburg
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Wuertsburg is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuertsburg
      • March Rapids
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • March Rapids is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March Rapids
      • Little Rose
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Little Rose is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rose
      • Athens
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Spencer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Weber
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Weber is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
      • Schnappsville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Schnappsville is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnappsville
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Wien
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Staadts ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Staadts is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staadts
        • Fenwood
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Fenwood is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwood
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
        • McMillan
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Stratford
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Stratford is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
        • Poniatowski
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Edgar
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Mann
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Mann is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mann
        • Bradley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Bradley is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
        • Rozellville
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Rib Falls
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Rangeline
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Marathon City
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
        • Hamburg
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Little Chicago
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Little Chicago is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
        • Stettin ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Stettin is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stettin
        • Halder
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Halder is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halder
        • Emmerich
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Naugart
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Mount View
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Mount View is located in Marathon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View
        • Moon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Taegesville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Taylor County
  • Wood County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Abbotsford) 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.