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Nearest Communities to La Pointe,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Please note 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.

La Pointe is located in Ashland County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ashland County: Bayfield, Iron, Price & Sawyer.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Pointe. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Ashland 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 La Pointe (which is Ashland 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 La Pointe

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

  • Ashland County   (where La Pointe resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.ashland.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Ashland:   Ashland
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Pointe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Pointe.
      • Middleport
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
        • Middleport is located in Ashland County
      • Old Fort
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Fort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
        • Old Fort is located in Ashland County
      • Odanah
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ashland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • White River
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Birch
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
        • Birch is located in Ashland County
      • Sedgwick
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedgwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
        • Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
      • Marengo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sanborn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanborn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
        • Sanborn is located in Ashland County
      • Minersville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
        • Minersville is located in Ashland County
      • North York
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North York have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
        • North York is located in Ashland County
      • High Bridge
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Bayfield County
    • County Website:   www.bayfieldcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Bayfield:   Washburn
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Pointe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Pointe.
      • Bayfield
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pureair
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pureair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
        • Pureair is located in Bayfield County
      • Salmo
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmo
        • Salmo is located in Bayfield County
      • Red Cliff
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cliff
        • Red Cliff is located in Bayfield County
      • Sioux
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sioux have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
        • Sioux is located in Bayfield County
      • Washburn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sand Bay
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
        • Sand Bay is located in Bayfield County
      • Barksdale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barksdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
        • Barksdale is located in Bayfield County
      • Cornucopia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornucopia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
        • Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
      • Ashland Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
        • Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
      • Moquah
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bark Point
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bark Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
        • Bark Point is located in Bayfield County
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Herbster
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbster
          • Herbster is located in Bayfield County
        • Benoit
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Ino
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ino have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
          • Ino is located in Bayfield County
        • Mason
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
          • Mason is located in Bayfield County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
        • Port Wing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Wing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
          • Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
        • Topside
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
          • Topside is located in Bayfield County
        • Pike River
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
          • Pike River is located in Bayfield County
        • Sutherland
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron County
    • County Seat for Iron:   Hurley
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Pointe   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Pointe.
      • Cedar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
        • Cedar is located in Iron County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Cedar
        • From La Pointe to Cedar
      • Gurney
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gurney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
        • Gurney is located in Iron County
      • Saxon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saxon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
        • Saxon is located in Iron County
      • Kimball
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimball have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
        • Kimball is located in Iron County

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- La Pointe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Pointe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7820, Longitude: -90.7876    
<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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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