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Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Grand Rapids is located in Wood County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon & Portage.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 107 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grand Rapids. Of these communities, 81 are located in counties other than Wood 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 Grand Rapids (which is Wood 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 Grand Rapids

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

  • Wood County   (where Grand Rapids resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.woodcountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Wood:   Wisconsin Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
      • Lake Wazeecha
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
      • Wisconsin Rapids
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Biron
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Biron is located in Wood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
      • Port Edwards
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Nekoosa Junction
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Nekoosa Junction is located in Wood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa Junction
      • Rudolph
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Rudolph is located in Wood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
      • Nekoosa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Eight Corners
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Walker
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Walker is located in Wood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Vesper
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cranmoor
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Cranmoor is located in Wood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmoor
      • Milladore
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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        • Sherry
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Arpin
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Arpin is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
        • Babcock
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Babcock is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
        • Dexterville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Dexterville is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexterville
        • Blenker
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Pittsville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Pittsville is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
        • Bethel
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Bethel is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
        • Veedum
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Veedum is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veedum
        • Auburndale
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Auburndale is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
        • Hewitt
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bakerville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Marshfield
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Nasonville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Nasonville is located in Wood County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nasonville
        • Lindsey
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams County
  • Clark County
  • Jackson County
  • Juneau County
  • Marathon County
    • County Website:   https://www.marathoncounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Marathon:   Wausau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
      • Dancy
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Dancy is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy
      • Ashley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Knowlton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Knowlton is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
      • Rocky Corners
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Rocky Corners is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Corners
      • Moon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Rangeline
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Shantytown
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Shantytown is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
      • Mosinee
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
      • Rozellville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Halder
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Halder is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halder
      • Peplin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Peplin is located in Marathon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peplin
  • Portage County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.portage.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Portage:   Stevens Point
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
      • Kellner
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Kellner is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellner
      • Meehan
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Meehan is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meehan
      • Coddington
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Coddington is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddington
      • West Bancroft
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • West Bancroft is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bancroft
      • Mill Creek Community
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Mill Creek Community is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek Community
      • Plover
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Plover is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
      • Whiting
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Whiting is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
      • Bancroft
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Bancroft is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Rocky Run
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Rocky Run is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
      • Keene
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Keene is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Park Ridge
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Park Ridge is located in Portage County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
      • Stevens Point
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Junction City
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Junction City is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
        • Casimir
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Casimir is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casimir
        • Arnott
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • West Almond
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • West Almond is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Almond
        • Stockton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Stockton is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
        • Jordan
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Jordan is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
        • Fancher
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Fancher is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
        • Custer
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Almond
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Torun
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ellis
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Polonia
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Blaine
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Amherst Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
        • Nelsonville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Little Waupon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Little Waupon is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Waupon
        • North Star
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • North Star is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
        • Amherst
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Heffron
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Heffron is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heffron
        • New Hope
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • New Hope is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
        • Garfield
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Rosholt
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Rosholt is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
        • Alban
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Peru
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Peru is located in Portage County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Waupaca County
  • Waushara County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.waushara.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Waushara:   Wautoma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
      • Plainfield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
      • Hancock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Hancock is located in Waushara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
      • Coloma
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Coloma is located in Waushara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Wild Rose
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Richford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Richford is located in Waushara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford

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- Grand Rapids) 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.