Nearest Communities to Barron,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Barron, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Barron:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Barron.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Barron is located in Barron County and is the County Seat.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barron County: Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer & Washburn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 82 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Barron. Of these communities, 54 are located in counties other than Barron 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 Barron (which is Barron 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 Barron
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Barron County (where Barron resides)
- County Website: https://www.barroncountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Barron: Barron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Wickware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wickware is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickware
- Cameron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Poskin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rice Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Canton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Canton is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Sumner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sumner is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Dallas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arland
- Almena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Twin Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Chetek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tuscobia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tuscobia is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscobia
- Campia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Campia is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campia
- Comstock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Comstock is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Cumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Prairie Farm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Dobie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dobie is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobie
- Lehigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lehigh is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Haugen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Turtle Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Horseman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horseman is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseman
- Brill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brill is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brill
- Mikana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mikana is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikana
- Barronett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barronett is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
- Reeve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reeve is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
- Graytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graytown is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Angus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Angus is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Burnett County
- County Website: https://www.burnettcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Burnett: Grantsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Timberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Timberland is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Bashaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coomer is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coomer
- Chippewa County
- County Website: https://www.chippewacountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Chippewa: Chippewa Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- New Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn County
- County Website: https://dunncountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Dunn: Menomonie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Ridgeland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Sand Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Baxter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Connorsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Connorsville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorsville
- Wheeler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Boyceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Norton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Colfax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Tainter Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Downing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Polk County
- County Website: https://www.polkcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Polk: Balsam Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Richardson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Richardson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Joel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Joel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- McKinley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McKinley is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Range
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Clear Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fox Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Amery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bunyan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Volga ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Deronda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Little Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Clam Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Balsam Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Lykens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lykens is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- Rusk County
- County Website: https://ruskcounty.org/
- County Seat for Rusk: Ladysmith
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Strickland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Weyerhaeuser
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Island Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Island Lake is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Apollonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Thornapple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thornapple is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornapple
- Saint Croix County
- County Website: https://www.sccwi.gov/
- County Seat for Saint Croix: Hudson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Emerald Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Station is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Station
- Glenwood City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Deer Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Sawyer County
- County Website: https://www.sawyercountygov.org/
- County Seat for Sawyer: Hayward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Wooddale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wooddale is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Edgewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Meteor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meteor is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
- Yarnell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yarnell is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnell
- Washburn County
- County Website: https://co.washburn.wi.us/
- County Seat for Washburn: Shell Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barron.
- Nobleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sarona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sarona is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarona
- Birchwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Shell Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beaver Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Brook is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook
- Madge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chicago Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chicago Junction is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Junction
- Spooner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barron) 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. |