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Nearest Communities to Eagle River,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

Eagle River is primarily located in Vilas County and is the County Seat. A portion of Eagle River extends into Oneida County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Vilas County: Gogebic (MI), Iron (MI), Forest, Iron, Oneida & Price.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Eagle River. Of these communities, 53 are located in counties other than Vilas 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 Eagle River (which is Vilas 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 Eagle River

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

  • Vilas County   (where Eagle River resides)
  • Florence County
  • Forest County
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle River.
      • Hiles
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Hiles is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
      • Alvin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Alvin is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Atkins
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Nelma
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Wisconsin Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Wisconsin Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Junction
      • Argonne
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Argonne is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Popple River
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Popple River is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
      • Newald
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Newald is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
      • Nashville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Nashville is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Crandon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln County
  • Oneida County
    • County Website:   https://www.oneidacountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Oneida:   Rhinelander
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle River.
      • Clearwater Lake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Clearwater Lake is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Lake
      • Sugar Camp
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Three Lakes
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Three Lakes is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
      • Roosevelt
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Roosevelt is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
      • Starks
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Starks is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
      • Gagen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lake Tomahawk
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
      • McNaughton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • McNaughton is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNaughton
      • Newbold
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Newbold is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
      • Rhinelander
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunflower
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunflower is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
      • Malvern
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Malvern is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Woodruff
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Minocqua
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Minocqua is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minocqua
        • Monico
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Rantz
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Rantz is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantz
        • Hazelhurst
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Goodnow
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Goodnow is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
        • Woodboro
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Woodboro is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodboro
        • Crescent Corner
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Crescent Corner is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Corner
        • Harshaw
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Enterprise
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Enterprise is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
        • Jennings
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Lennox
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lennox is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennox
        • Pelican Lake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Pratt Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Junction
  • Gogebic County
    • County Website:   https://www.gogebic.gov/
    • County Seat for Gogebic:   Bessemer (MI)
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle River.
      • Katakitckon Indian Village
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Watersmeet
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Beaton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Beaton is located in Gogebic County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaton
      • Bonifas
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Bonifas is located in Gogebic County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifas
      • Fuller
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Tamarack
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Tamarack is located in Gogebic County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
        • Tamarack has also been known as:
        • Tamarack Lake
      • Stickley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Stickley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickley
      • Thayer
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Thayer is located in Gogebic County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   https://ironmi.com/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Crystal Falls (MI)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle River.
      • Basswood
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Basswood is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
      • Elmwood
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Elmwood is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
      • Beechwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Beechwood is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
      • Hazel
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hazel is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Hiawatha Location
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Hiawatha Location is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Location

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagle 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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