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Nearest Communities to Atkins,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Keep in mind 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.

Atkins is located in Forest County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Forest County: Iron (MI), Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida & Vilas.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Atkins. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Forest 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 Atkins (which is Forest 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 Atkins

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

  • Forest County   (where Atkins resides)
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atkins   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atkins.
      • Hiles
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Hiles is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
      • Wisconsin Junction
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Wisconsin Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Junction
      • Argonne
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Argonne is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Crandon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Nashville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Nashville is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Mole Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Keith ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Keith is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Laona Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Laona Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona Junction
      • Newald
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Newald is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
      • Laona
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Popple River
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Popple River is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
      • Woodlawn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodlawn is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Cavour
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Cavour is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
        • Blackwell Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Blackwell Junction is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Junction
        • Padus
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pickerel
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Pickerel is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel
        • Blackwell
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Blackwell is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
        • Bonneval
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Bonneval is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneval
        • Alvin
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Alvin is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
        • Wabeno
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Wabeno is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabeno
        • Soperton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Soperton is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soperton
        • Nelma
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Carter
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Carter is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
        • Armstrong Creek
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
  • Florence County
  • Langlade County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.langlade.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Langlade:   Antigo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atkins   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atkins.
      • Post Lake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Elcho
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Pearson is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
      • Summit Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
      • Choate
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Choate is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choate
      • Koepenick
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Koepenick is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
      • Freeman
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Parrish
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Parrish is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
      • Kempster
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lily
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Neva
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Neva is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva
      • Bavaria
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bavaria is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Deerbrook
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Hollister
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Hollister is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
        • Ormsby
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Ormsby is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
        • Sherry Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Sherry Junction is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Junction
  • Lincoln County
  • Oneida County
    • County Website:   https://www.oneidacountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Oneida:   Rhinelander
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Atkins   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Atkins.
      • Gagen
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Monico
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Starks
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Starks is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
      • Lennox
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Lennox is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
      • Three Lakes
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Three Lakes is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
      • Jennings
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Pelican Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Malvern
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Malvern is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
      • Pratt Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Junction
      • Roosevelt
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Roosevelt is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
      • Clearwater Lake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Clearwater Lake is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Lake
      • Sugar Camp
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Enterprise
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Enterprise is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
        • Rhinelander
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Crescent Corner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Crescent Corner is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Corner
        • Newbold
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Newbold is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
        • McNaughton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • McNaughton is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNaughton
        • Woodboro
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Woodboro is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodboro
        • Lake Tomahawk
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
        • Harshaw
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Vilas County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Atkins) 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.