Nearest Communities to Draper,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Draper, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Draper:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 from Draper.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Draper is located in Sawyer County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Draper. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Sawyer 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 Draper (which is Sawyer 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 Draper
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Sawyer County (where Draper resides)
- County Website: https://www.sawyercountygov.org/
- County Seat for Sawyer: Hayward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Draper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Draper.
- Loretta
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Loretta is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Oxbo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oxbo is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbo
- Winter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Ojibwa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ojibwa is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojibwa
- Hay Stack Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hay Stack Corner is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Stack Corner
- New Post
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Radisson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Couderay
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Exeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Chief Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Weirgor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weirgor is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weirgor
- Lemington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lemington is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
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- Little Round Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Reserve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Northwoods Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Northwoods Beach is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods Beach
- Meteor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meteor is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
- Phipps
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Seeley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Hauer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hauer is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauer
- Yarnell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yarnell is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnell
- Ashland County
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Draper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Draper.
- Butternut
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Shanagolden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shanagolden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanagolden
- Clam Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clam Lake is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Peeksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peeksville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
- Glidden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Holts Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holts Landing is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Landing
- Cayuga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cayuga is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Morse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Petes Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Petes Landing is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Landing
- Foster Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
- Bayfield County
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Draper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Draper.
- Namekagon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Namekagon is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namekagon
- Leonards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leonards is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
- Radspur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Radspur is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radspur
- Price County
- County Website: https://www.co.price.wi.us/
- County Seat for Price: Phillips
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Draper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Draper.
- Kennedy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Kaiser ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kaiser is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
- Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Lugerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Lymantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lymantown is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymantown
- Park Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Fifield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coolidge is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Phillips
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Kennan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Catawba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Cranberry Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
- Rusk County
- County Website: https://ruskcounty.org/
- County Seat for Rusk: Ladysmith
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Draper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Draper.
- Hawkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Ingram
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Murry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murry is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murry
- Glen Flora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Tony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Imalone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Imalone is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imalone
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 from Point A (ie- Draper) 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. |