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

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

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.<1>

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

Jump River is located in Taylor County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Price & Rusk.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Jump River. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Taylor 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 Jump River (which is Taylor 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 Jump River

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

  • Taylor County   (where Jump River resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.taylor.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Medford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jump River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jump River.
      • Hannibal
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Hannibal is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
      • Hughey ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Donald
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Donald is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Gilman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Perkinstown
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Polley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bellinger
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lublin
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Lublin is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Murat
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Murat is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
      • Maplehurst
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Maplehurst is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehurst
      • Chelsea
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Queenstown
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Queenstown is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
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        • Westboro
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Whittlesey
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Whittlesey is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittlesey
        • Medford
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Little Black
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Little Black is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Black
        • Rib Lake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Stetsonville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Chippewa County
    • County Website:   https://www.chippewacountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Chippewa Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jump River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jump River.
      • Arnold
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Arnold is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
      • Ruby
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ruby is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Holcombe
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Holcombe is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcombe
      • Huron
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Huron is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • Estella
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
      • Brownville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Brownville is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
      • Maple Hill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Maple Hill is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
      • Colburn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Colburn is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colburn
      • Crescent
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Crescent is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Cobban
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cobban is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobban
      • Stanley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
      • Drywood
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyd
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
  • Clark County
  • Price County
  • Rusk County
    • County Website:   https://ruskcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Rusk:   Ladysmith
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jump River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jump River.
      • Sheldon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Sheldon is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
      • Ingram
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Ingram is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Glen Flora
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Hawkins
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Hawkins is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
      • Conrath
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Conrath is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Tony
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Tony is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
      • Ladysmith
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Port Arthur
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Thornapple
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Thornapple is located in Rusk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornapple
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        • Bruce
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Bruce is located in Rusk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
        • Imalone
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Imalone is located in Rusk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imalone
        • Murry
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Murry is located in Rusk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murry
        • Apollonia
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Island Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Island Lake is located in Rusk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
        • Weyerhaeuser
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
  • Sawyer County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jump 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.