Nearest Communities to Black River,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Black River, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Black River:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Black River.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Black River is located in Douglas County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 128 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Black River. Of these communities, 75 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Black River (which is Douglas 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 Black River
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Douglas County (where Black River resides)
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Superior
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
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- Nearest Communities to Black River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Black River.
- Boylston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boylston is located in Douglas County
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- Borea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Borea is located in Douglas County
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- Dedham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County
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- Boylston Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boylston Junction is located in Douglas County
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- Dewey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dewey is located in Douglas County
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- Pokegama
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pokegama is located in Douglas County
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- Saunders
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County
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- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Douglas County
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- Anton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Anton is located in Douglas County
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- Carnegie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carnegie is located in Douglas County
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- Oliver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Superior Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
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- Ambridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ambridge is located in Douglas County
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- Patzau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patzau is located in Douglas County
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- South Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Superior is located in Douglas County
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- Foxboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foxboro is located in Douglas County
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- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Douglas County
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- Peyton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peyton is located in Douglas County
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- South Range
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
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- Parkland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parkland is located in Douglas County
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- South Itasca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Itasca is located in Douglas County
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- Billings Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Billings Park is located in Douglas County
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- East End
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East End is located in Douglas County
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- Allouez
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allouez is located in Douglas County
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- Cutter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cutter is located in Douglas County
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- Itasca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Itasca is located in Douglas County
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- Hines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hines is located in Douglas County
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- Rockmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rockmont is located in Douglas County
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- Central Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Central Park is located in Douglas County
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- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Superior is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Chaffey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chaffey is located in Douglas County
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- Amnicon Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Amnicon Falls is located in Douglas County
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- Hillcrest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
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- Hawthorne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Wentworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wentworth is located in Douglas County
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- Dobie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dobie is located in Douglas County
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- Poplar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
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- Moose Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
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- Beebe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beebe is located in Douglas County
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- Maple
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Maple is located in Douglas County
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- Sauntry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
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- Lake Nebagamon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Solon Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Blueberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blueberry is located in Douglas County
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- Cloverland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Douglas County
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- Dairyland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dairyland is located in Douglas County
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- Bellwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Douglas County
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- Winneboujou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winneboujou is located in Douglas County
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- Brule
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brule is located in Douglas County
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- Waino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Waino is located in Douglas County
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- Cozy Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cozy Corner is located in Douglas County
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- Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Douglas County
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- Bayfield County
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
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- Nearest Communities to Black River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Black River.
- Wills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wills is located in Bayfield County
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- Oulu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oulu is located in Bayfield County
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- Burnett County
- County Website: https://www.burnettcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Burnett: Grantsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Black River ...
- Woodland Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Woodland Corner is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Corner
- Carlton County
- County Website: https://www.carltoncountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Carlton: Carlton (MN)
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- Nearest Communities to Black River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Black River.
- Frogner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frogner is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Pleasant Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Wrenshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alford is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Brownell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownell is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Thomson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Holyoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Scotts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Scotts Corner is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Carlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Esko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harney is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Blackhoof
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackhoof is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Scanlon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scanlon is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Cloquet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duesler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duesler is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Otter Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Iverson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Iverson is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Atkinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Mahtowa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Nemadji
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nemadji is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Big Lake Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake Chapel is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Sawyer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Barnum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Corona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Carlton County (MN)
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- Moose Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pine County
- County Website: https://www.pinecountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Pine: Pine City (MN)
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- Nearest Communities to Black River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Black River.
- Harlis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harlis is located in Pine County (MN)
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- Belden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Belden is located in Pine County (MN)
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- Nickerson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nickerson is located in Pine County (MN)
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- Kingsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
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- Duquette
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Duquette is located in Pine County (MN)
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- Kerrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
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- Saint Louis County
- County Website: https://www.stlouiscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Saint Louis: Duluth (MN)
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Black River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Black River.
- New Duluth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Fond du Lac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Gary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gary is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Steelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Steelton is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Morgan Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morgan Park is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Eldes Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eldes Corner is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Bayview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bayview is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Oneota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oneota is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- West Duluth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Zenith Terrace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Zenith Terrace is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Missabe Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Missabe Junction is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Proctor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Proctor is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
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- Duluth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <3>
- Saint Paul Church
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul Church is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Duluth Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Duluth Heights is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Adolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hermantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Five Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Hunters Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hunters Park is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Munger
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Munger is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Lester Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Simar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Simar is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Four Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Arnold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Lakewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Twig Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Twig Station is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Saginaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Bartlett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bartlett is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Grand Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Harnell Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harnell Park is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Twig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twig is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- French River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- French River is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Fredenberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fredenberg is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Palmers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palmers is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Burnett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
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- Brookston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Black River) 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. |
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