Nearest Communities to Canton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Canton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Canton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 from Canton.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Canton is located in Barron County.
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 77 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Canton. Of these communities, 49 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 Canton (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 Canton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Barron County (where Canton resides)
- County Website: www.co.barron.wi.us/
- County Seat for Barron: Barron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Barron County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Barron County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Barron County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Sumner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Cameron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Lehigh
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Horseman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Rice Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Campia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Chetek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Dobie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Wickware
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Barron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Tuscobia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Mikana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Haugen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Dallas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Poskin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Angus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Almena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Arland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Twin Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Prairie Farm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Comstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Barronett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Turtle Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Reeve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Graytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brill
- Burnett County
- County Website: www.burnettcounty.com/gov/
- County Seat for Burnett: Grantsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Timberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Timberland is located in Burnett County
- Bashaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chippewa County
- County Website: www.co.chippewa.wi.us/
- County Seat for Chippewa: Chippewa Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- New Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Bloomer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Eagleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Holcombe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Cornell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Eagle Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- County Website: www.dunncountywi.govoffice2.com/
- County Seat for Dunn: Menomonie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Sand Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Ridgeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Baxter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Colfax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Norton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Connorsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Connorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorsville
- Connorsville is located in Dunn County
- Wheeler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polk County
- County Website: www.co.polk.wi.us/
- County Seat for Polk: Balsam Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Polk County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Polk County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Polk County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - McKinley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Richardson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Polk County
- Joel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Range
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rusk County
- County Website: www.ruskcounty.org/
- County Seat for Rusk: Ladysmith
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Rusk County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Rusk County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Rusk County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Strickland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Weyerhaeuser
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Island Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Island Lake is located in Rusk County
- Apollonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Bruce
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Thornapple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornapple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornapple
- Thornapple is located in Rusk County
- Imalone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Port Arthur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Murry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Ladysmith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Conrath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sawyer County
- County Website: www.sawyercountygov.org/
- County Seat for Sawyer: Hayward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Sawyer County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Sawyer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Sawyer County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Wooddale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Edgewater
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Meteor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Yarnell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Exeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Weirgor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Hauer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Lemington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Stone Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Couderay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn County
- County Website: www.co.washburn.wi.us/
- County Seat for Washburn: Shell Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Washburn County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Washburn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Washburn County
- Nearest Communities to Canton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
- Birchwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Nobleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Sarona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Madge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Beaver Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook
- Beaver Brook is located in Washburn County
- Shell Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Chicago Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chicago Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Junction
- Chicago Junction is located in Washburn County
- Spooner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4280, Longitude: -91.6599 In this case, the coordinates for Canton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |