Nearest Communities to Huron,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Huron, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Huron:
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 Huron.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Huron is located in Chippewa County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 78 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Huron. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Chippewa 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 Huron (which is Chippewa 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 Huron
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Chippewa County (where Huron resides)
- County Website: https://www.chippewacountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Chippewa: Chippewa Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Ruby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ruby is located in Chippewa County
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- Brownville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brownville is located in Chippewa County
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- Colburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colburn is located in Chippewa County
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- Estella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill is located in Chippewa County
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- Crescent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent is located in Chippewa County
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- Cornell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Arnold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Chippewa County
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- Holcombe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holcombe is located in Chippewa County
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- Drywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
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- Cobban
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cobban is located in Chippewa County
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- Boyd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
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- Stanley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Edson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Edson is located in Chippewa County
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- Cadott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Jim Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jim Falls is located in Chippewa County
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- Anson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anson is located in Chippewa County
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- Bateman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bateman is located in Chippewa County
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- Lake Wissota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
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- Eagleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
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- Eagle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
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- Norma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Norma is located in Chippewa County
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- Chippewa Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Tilden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tilden is located in Chippewa County
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- Bloomer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Irvine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
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- Lake Hallie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Hallie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hallie is located in Chippewa County
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- New Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Howard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Chippewa County
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- Pinehurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst is located in Chippewa County
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- Clark County
- County Website: https://www.clarkcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Clark: Neillsville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Clark County
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- Eadsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
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- Eidsvold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
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- Thorp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thorp is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Clark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Clark County
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- Worden ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Worden is located in Clark County
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- Lombard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lombard is located in Clark County
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- Reseburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
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- Withee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Withee is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Owen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Owen is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Longwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Clark County
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- Koehler Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Koehler Ford is located in Clark County
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- Bright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bright is located in Clark County
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- Hemlock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Clark County
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- Curtiss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Atwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Clark County
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- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Clark County
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- Greenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Eau Claire County
- County Website: https://www.eauclairecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Eau Claire: Eau Claire
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Eau Claire County
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- Ludington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ludington is located in Eau Claire County
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- Fall Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Rodell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rodell is located in Eau Claire County
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- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
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- Rusk County
- County Website: https://ruskcounty.org/
- County Seat for Rusk: Ladysmith
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Sheldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sheldon is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Conrath
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Island Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Island Lake is located in Rusk County
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- Port Arthur
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
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- Thornapple
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thornapple is located in Rusk County
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- Ladysmith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Tony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Glen Flora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ingram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Apollonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
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- Bruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Weyerhaeuser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Hawkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Taylor County
- County Website: https://co.taylor.wi.us/
- County Seat for Taylor: Medford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Polley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Polley is located in Taylor County
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- Bellinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bellinger is located in Taylor County
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- Gilman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Donald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Donald is located in Taylor County
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- Lublin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lublin is located in Taylor County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Hannibal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hannibal is located in Taylor County
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- Hughey ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hughey is located in Taylor County
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- Maplehurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maplehurst is located in Taylor County
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- Perkinstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
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- Jump River
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
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- Murat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Murat is located in Taylor County
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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- Huron) 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. |