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Nearest Communities to Butternut,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Butternut.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Butternut is located in Ashland County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ashland County: Bayfield, Iron, Price & Sawyer.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Butternut. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Ashland 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 Butternut (which is Ashland 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 Butternut

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

  • Ashland County   (where Butternut resides)
    • County Website:   https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Ashland:   Ashland
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Butternut   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Butternut.
      • Holts Landing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Holts Landing is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Landing
      • Peeksville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Peeksville is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
      • Petes Landing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Petes Landing is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Landing
      • Glidden
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shanagolden
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Shanagolden is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanagolden
      • Morse
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Morse is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
      • Cayuga
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Cayuga is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
      • Ballou
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Ballou is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
      • Mellen
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Mellen is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
      • Tannery Town
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
      • Clam Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Clam Lake is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
      • White City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • White City is located in Ashland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Foster Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
        • High Bridge
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • North York
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • North York is located in Ashland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
        • Minersville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Minersville is located in Ashland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
  • Bayfield County
  • 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 Butternut   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Butternut.
      • Springstead
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Springstead is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springstead
      • Tyler Forks
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Tyler Forks is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler Forks
      • Carter
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Carter is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
      • Rouse
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Rouse is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
      • Mercer
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Mercer is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
      • Pine Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Pine Lake is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
      • Manitowish
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Upson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Upson is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upson
      • Powell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Powell is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Iron Belt
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Iron Belt is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Belt
      • Hoyt
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Hoyt is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
      • Pence
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Pence is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
      • Van Buskirk
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Van Buskirk is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buskirk
  • Price County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.price.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Price:   Phillips
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Butternut   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Butternut.
      • Lymantown
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Lymantown is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymantown
      • Park Falls
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Park Falls is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
      • Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lake is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
        • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
      • Kaiser ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Kaiser is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
      • Fifield
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Kennedy
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Coolidge ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Coolidge is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
      • Lugerville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Phillips
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Cranberry Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Cranberry Lake is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
      • Dover
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dover is located in Price County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Worcester
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Sawyer County
  • Vilas County

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- Butternut) 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.