Nearest Communities to Harmon,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Harmon, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Harmon:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Harmon.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Harmon is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Washburn County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washburn County: Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Rusk & Sawyer.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Harmon. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Washburn County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Harmon (which is Washburn 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 Harmon
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Washburn County (where Harmon resides)
- County Website: https://co.washburn.wi.us/
- County Seat for Washburn: Shell Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Harmon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harmon.
- Chittamo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chittamo is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittamo
- Stanberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanberry is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanberry
- Minong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Springbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Springbrook is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Lampson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lampson is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lampson
- Earl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Trego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trego is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
- Spooner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Chicago Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Junction is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Junction
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Madge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Beaver Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beaver Brook is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook
- Sarona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sarona is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarona
- Shell Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Nobleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Birchwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Barron County
- County Website: https://www.barroncountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Barron: Barron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Harmon ...
- Angus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Angus is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- 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 Harmon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harmon.
- Leonards
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leonards is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
- Radspur
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Radspur is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radspur
- Cable
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Lake Owen ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Owen is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Owen
- Drummond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Burnett County
- County Website: https://www.burnettcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Burnett: Grantsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Harmon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harmon.
- Webb Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Woodland Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodland Corner is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Corner
- Bashaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Hertel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Superior
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Harmon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harmon.
- Wascott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wascott is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wascott
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Solon Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Sauntry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Beebe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beebe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
- Dairyland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dairyland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Bennett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Moose Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Cozy Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cozy Corner is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Lake Nebagamon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Sawyer County
- County Website: https://www.sawyercountygov.org/
- County Seat for Sawyer: Hayward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Harmon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harmon.
- Hayward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Phipps
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Seeley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Stone Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Little Round Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Northwoods Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northwoods Beach is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods Beach
- Chief Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Reserve
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Hauer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hauer is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauer
- Edgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Couderay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Lemington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lemington is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- New Post
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Yarnell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yarnell is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnell
- Wooddale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wooddale is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Meteor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meteor is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
- Radisson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
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- Harmon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Harmon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |