Nearest Communities to McKinley,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to McKinley, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for McKinley:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 south.
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 south 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 McKinley.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
McKinley is located in Polk County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Chisago (MN), Washington (MN), Barron, Burnett, Dunn & Saint Croix.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 101 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McKinley. Of these communities, 66 are located in counties other than Polk 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 McKinley (which is Polk 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 McKinley
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Polk County (where McKinley resides)
- County Website: www.co.polk.wi.us/
- County Seat for Polk: Balsam Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Polk County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Polk County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Polk County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Indian Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Indian Creek is located in Polk County
- Clam Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Fox Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Bunyan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Range
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Lewis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Joel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Luck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Frederic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Balsam Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balsam Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Milltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - West Denmark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Denmark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
- West Denmark is located in Polk County
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Clayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Richardson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Polk County
- Lykens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - West Sweden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sweden
- West Sweden is located in Polk County
- Volga ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Amery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Centuria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Atlas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Atlas is located in Polk County
- Lamar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Clear Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Deronda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Ubet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Cushing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Little Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Sand Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Wanderoos
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Eureka Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
- Eureka Center is located in Polk County
- Saint Croix Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Croix Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Dresser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Nye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Wolf Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek is located in Polk County
- Horse Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Clayton
- Barron County
- County Website: www.co.barron.wi.us/
- County Seat for Barron: Barron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Barron County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Barron County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Barron County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Comstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Barronett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Turtle Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Almena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Poskin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Twin Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Arland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Haugen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Barron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Tuscobia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Rice Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dobie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Reeve
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Cameron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Hillsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Brill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Campia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Prairie Farm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Wickware
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Graytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Mikana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Angus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Sumner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Horseman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Chetek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dobie
- Burnett County
- County Website: www.burnettcounty.com/gov/
- County Seat for Burnett: Grantsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Timberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Timberland is located in Burnett County
- Coomer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Bashaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Hertel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Siren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Pole Cat Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pole Cat Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pole Cat Crossing
- Pole Cat Crossing is located in Burnett County
- Falun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Four Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Burnett County
- Trade Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trade Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
- Trade Lake is located in Burnett County
- Alpha
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Alpha is located in Burnett County
- Webster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Trade River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trade River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade River
- Trade River is located in Burnett County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Branstad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Yellow Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Lake
- Yellow Lake is located in Burnett County
- Grantsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Webb Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Oakland
- Dunn County
- County Website: www.dunncountywi.govoffice2.com/
- County Seat for Dunn: Menomonie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Ridgeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Connorsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Connorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorsville
- Connorsville is located in Dunn County
- Saint Croix County
- County Website: www.co.saint-croix.wi.us/
- County Seat for Saint Croix: Hudson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Deer Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Stanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Star Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Washburn County
- County Website: www.co.washburn.wi.us/
- County Seat for Washburn: Shell Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wisconsin
- Washburn County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wisconsin
- Washburn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wisconsin
- Washburn County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Shell Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Beaver Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook
- Beaver Brook is located in Washburn County
- Sarona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Chicago Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chicago Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Junction
- Chicago Junction is located in Washburn County
- Spooner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Nobleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Madge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Trego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Birchwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Earl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Chisago County
- County Website: www.co.chisago.mn.us/
- County Seat for Chisago: Center City (MN)
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Minnesota
- Chisago County
- From Family Search:
- State of Minnesota
- Chisago County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Minnesota
- Chisago County
- Nearest Communities to McKinley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from McKinley.
- Taylors Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylors Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Falls
- Taylors Falls is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylors Falls <5>
- Franconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Palmdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Almelund
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almelund have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almelund
- Almelund is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almelund <5>
- Shafer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shafer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer
- Shafer is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,144 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shafer <5>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- McKinley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McKinley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5713, Longitude: -92.1766 In this case, the coordinates for McKinley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |