Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Lac du Flambeau, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Lac du Flambeau:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Lac du Flambeau.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Vilas County: Gogebic (MI), Iron (MI), Forest, Iron, Oneida & Price.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lac du Flambeau. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Vilas 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 Lac du Flambeau (which is Vilas 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 Lac du Flambeau
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Vilas County (where Lac du Flambeau resides)
- County Website: https://www.vilascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Vilas: Eagle River
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- Lac du Flambeau Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marlands is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlands
- Arbor Vitae
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arbor Vitae is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Vitae
- Manitowish Waters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
- Boulder Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder Junction is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Katinka Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
- Sayner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Winchester is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Saint Germain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Star Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Star Lake is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Lake
- Presque Isle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Presque Isle is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presque Isle
- Conover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ashland County
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- Petes Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Petes Landing is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Landing
- Holts Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Holts Landing is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Landing
- Butternut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Iron County
- County Website: http://www.co.iron.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Iron: Hurley
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- Powell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Powell is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Manitowish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Springstead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Springstead is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springstead
- Mercer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Carter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carter is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Pine Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.co.lincoln.wi.us/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Merrill
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- McCord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCord is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Clifford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clifford is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Tripoli
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tripoli is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
- Bradley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Heafford Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
- Oneida County
- County Website: https://www.oneidacountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Oneida: Rhinelander
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- Woodruff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minocqua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minocqua is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minocqua
- Rantz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rantz is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantz
- Hazelhurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunflower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunflower is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Lake Tomahawk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
- Goodnow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodnow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
- Harshaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McNaughton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McNaughton is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNaughton
- Newbold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Woodboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodboro is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodboro
- Manson ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Manson is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Sugar Camp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Price County
- County Website: https://www.co.price.wi.us/
- County Seat for Price: Phillips
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Fifield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lymantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lymantown is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymantown
- Park Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coolidge is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Brantwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brantwood is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantwood
- Gogebic County
- County Website: https://www.gogebic.gov/
- County Seat for Gogebic: Bessemer (MI)
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lac du Flambeau ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lac du Flambeau.
- Wellington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wellington is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Dunham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dunham is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
- Hartley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- Marenisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lac du Flambeau) 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. |
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