The following is a sample of nearby communities. Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance and not the distance if you drove it.^<3>.

Community	2016 ^<4> Population	Direction	Distance
Altoona [Map]	7,489	SW	14 miles [22.5 km]
Bloomer [Map]	3,509	NW	13 miles [20.9 km]
Chippewa Falls [Map]	14,084	SW	6 miles [9.7 km]
Eagle Point [Map]	3,131	NW	4 miles [6.4 km]
Eau Claire [Map]	68,339	SW	15 miles [24.1 km]
Lafayette [Map]	5,916	S	5 miles [8 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Anson.

Communities Also Named Anson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are 5 communities that are also named Anson - they are located in Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Ontario and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Anson.

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Anson. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Anson. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Anson.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Anson:

Search for Local Businesses ...

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Anson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

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About Chippewa County

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Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Anson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chippewa County: www.co.chippewa.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Anson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Area code (534) is an overlay for area code (715). For more about area code overlays, please see our Glossary for Anson. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance from Anson. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anson) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anson. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9808, Longitude: -91.2868 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Anson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Anson. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Anson.