Nearest Communities to Babcock,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Babcock, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Babcock:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Babcock.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Babcock is located in Wood County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon & Portage.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 96 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Babcock. Of these communities, 70 are located in counties other than Wood 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 Babcock (which is Wood 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 Babcock
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Wood County (where Babcock resides)
- County Website: https://www.woodcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Wood: Wisconsin Rapids
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- Nearest Communities to Babcock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- Cranmoor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cranmoor is located in Wood County
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- Dexterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dexterville is located in Wood County
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- Walker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Wood County
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- Veedum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Veedum is located in Wood County
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- Pittsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Nekoosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Nekoosa Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nekoosa Junction is located in Wood County
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- Port Edwards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Eight Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
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- Vesper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vesper is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Bethel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Wood County
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- Grand Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
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- Arpin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Arpin is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Lake Wazeecha
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
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- Biron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Biron is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Lindsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
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- Rudolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Nasonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nasonville is located in Wood County
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- Sherry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherry is located in Wood County
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- Auburndale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Bakerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
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- Hewitt
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Blenker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blenker is located in Wood County
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- Milladore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Marshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.wi.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Friendship
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- Nearest Communities to Babcock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Rome is located in Adams County
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- Monroe Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe Center is located in Adams County
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- Strongs Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
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- Big Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
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- Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
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- Arkdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
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- Cottonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Adams County
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- Leola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leola is located in Adams County
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- Dellwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dellwood is located in Adams County
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- Friendship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Adams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adams is located in Adams County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Fordham ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fordham is located in Adams County
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- Quincy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
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- Adams Center ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Center is located in Adams County
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- Clark County
- County Website: https://www.clarkcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Clark: Neillsville
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- Sherwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Clark County
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- Nevins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Clark County
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- Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Clark County
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- Shortville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shortville is located in Clark County
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- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Clark County
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- Granton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Granton is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Kurth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kurth is located in Clark County
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- Neillsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Veefkind
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Veefkind is located in Clark County
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- Crawford County
- County Website: https://www.crawfordcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Crawford: Prairie du Chien
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- Lynxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.wi.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Black River Falls
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- Nearest Communities to Babcock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- City Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- City Point is located in Jackson County
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- Spaulding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spaulding is located in Jackson County
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- Lapham Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
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- Pray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pray is located in Jackson County
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- Speck Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Speck Oaks is located in Jackson County
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- Waterbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waterbury is located in Jackson County
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- Millston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Juneau County
- County Website: https://www.co.juneau.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Juneau: Mauston
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- Nearest Communities to Babcock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- Finley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Juneau County
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- Meadow Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
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- New Miner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
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- Sprague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
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- Mather
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
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- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
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- Necedah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Cutler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Juneau County
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- Kelly
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Juneau County
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- Lone Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lone Rock is located in Juneau County
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- Camp Douglas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Orange Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Orange Mill is located in Juneau County
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- New Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Hustler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Marathon County
- County Website: https://www.marathoncounty.gov/
- County Seat for Marathon: Wausau
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- Mann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mann is located in Marathon County
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- McMillan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McMillan is located in Marathon County
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- Rozellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
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- Monroe County
- County Website: https://www.co.monroe.wi.us/
- County Seat for Monroe: Sparta
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- Nearest Communities to Babcock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- Norway Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
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- Shennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
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- Valley Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
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- Warrens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warrens is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Wyeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Kirby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby is located in Monroe County
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- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- North Tomah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Tomah is located in Monroe County
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- Tomah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Tunnel City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Portage County
- County Website: https://www.co.portage.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Portage: Stevens Point
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Babcock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Babcock.
- Kellner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kellner is located in Portage County
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- Meehan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meehan is located in Portage County
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- Junction City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Mill Creek Community
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek Community is located in Portage County
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- Coddington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coddington is located in Portage County
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- West Bancroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Bancroft is located in Portage County
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- Rocky Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Run is located in Portage County
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- Bancroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Portage County
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- Plover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plover is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Casimir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Casimir is located in Portage County
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- Stevens Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Whiting
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Babcock) 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. |