Nearest Communities to Ashland,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ashland, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ashland:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ashland is primarily located in Ashland County and is the County Seat. A portion of Ashland extends into Bayfield County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ashland County: Bayfield, Iron, Price & Sawyer.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ashland. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Ashland 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 Ashland (which is Ashland 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 Ashland
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Ashland County (where Ashland resides)
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ashland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ashland.
- White River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Odanah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sanborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Marengo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Old Fort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Old Fort is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Middleport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middleport is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
- Minersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- La Pointe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North York is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
- Birch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- High Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Foster Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
- White City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Mellen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- Ballou
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ballou is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Cayuga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Morse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Clam Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clam Lake is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Bayfield County
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ashland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ashland.
- Barksdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barksdale is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Ashland Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
- Washburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moquah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sioux
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sioux is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Benoit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Salmo is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmo
- Mason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Pureair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pureair is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
- Ino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Bayfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sutherland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Grand View
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Pike River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Red Cliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Red Cliff is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cliff
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Topside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Cornucopia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Sand Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sand Bay is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
- Herbster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Herbster is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbster
- Drummond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Iron River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
- Bark Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
- Namekagon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Namekagon is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namekagon
- Port Wing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
- Lake Owen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Owen is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Owen
- Muskeg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
- Oulu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oulu is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oulu
- Iron County
- County Website: http://www.co.iron.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Iron: Hurley
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ashland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ashland.
- Cedar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gurney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Saxon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saxon is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- Tyler Forks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler Forks is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler Forks
- Rouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rouse is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Upson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upson is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upson
- Kimball
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kimball is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Iron Belt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Belt is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Belt
- Hoyt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoyt is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
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 from Point A (ie- Ashland) 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. |