Nearest Communities to Barksdale,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Barksdale, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Barksdale:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Barksdale.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Barksdale is located in Bayfield County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Barksdale. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Bayfield 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 Barksdale (which is Bayfield 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 Barksdale
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Bayfield County (where Barksdale resides)
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barksdale ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barksdale.
- Ashland Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
- Washburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Moquah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Sioux
(8 miles [12.9 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)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Salmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Salmo is located in Bayfield County
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- Pureair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pureair is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
- Ino
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Bayfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Mason
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Red Cliff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Red Cliff is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cliff
- Cornucopia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sutherland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Pike River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Grand View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Topside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Bark Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
- Herbster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Herbster is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbster
- Sand Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Bay is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
- Iron River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
- Port Wing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
- Drummond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Muskeg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
- Namekagon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Namekagon is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namekagon
- 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
- Oulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oulu is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oulu
- Wills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wills is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Ashland County
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barksdale ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barksdale.
- Ashland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- White River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Odanah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Old Fort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Fort is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Middleport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middleport is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
- La Pointe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Pointe is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
- Sanborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Marengo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Minersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Birch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- North York
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North York is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
- High Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Sedgwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Foster Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
- Mellen
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ballou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ballou is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Cayuga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Superior
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barksdale ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barksdale.
- Brule
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brule is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
- Waino
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waino is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waino
- 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 Barksdale ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barksdale.
- Cedar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Gurney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Saxon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saxon is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- Tyler Forks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler Forks is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler Forks
- Rouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rouse is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Upson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upson is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upson
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barksdale) 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. |