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Nearest Communities to Nelma,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.<1>

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

Nelma is located in Forest County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Forest County: Iron (MI), Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida & Vilas.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 80 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nelma. Of these communities, 69 are located in counties other than Forest 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 Nelma (which is Forest 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 Nelma

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

  • Forest County   (where Nelma resides)
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nelma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nelma.
      • Alvin
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Alvin is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Popple River
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Popple River is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
      • Newald
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Newald is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
      • Hiles
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Hiles is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
      • Argonne
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Argonne is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Laona Junction
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Laona Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona Junction
      • Wisconsin Junction
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Wisconsin Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Junction
      • Atkins
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cavour
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Cavour is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
      • Bonneval
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bonneval is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneval
      • Armstrong Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
  • Florence County
  • Oneida County
  • Vilas County
  • Baraga County
  • Gogebic County
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   https://ironmi.com/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Crystal Falls (MI)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nelma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nelma.
      • Caspian
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Palatka
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Palatka is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatka
      • Beechwood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Beechwood is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
      • Hazel
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Hazel is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Hiawatha Location
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hiawatha Location is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Location
      • Stambaugh
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Stambaugh is located in Iron County (MI)
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      • Gaastra
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Forbes Location
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Forbes Location is located in Iron County (MI)
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      • Homer Location
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Homer Location is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Location
      • Iron River
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mineral Hills
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Mineral Hills is located in Iron County (MI)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hills
      • Virgil Location
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Virgil Location is located in Iron County (MI)
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      • Continue List   (33 more) ...
        • Scott Lake
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Scott Lake is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
        • Basswood
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Basswood is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
        • Bates Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bates Location
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bates Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Location
        • Rogers Location
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Rogers Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Location
        • Mapleton
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Mapleton is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
        • Elmwood
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Elmwood is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
        • Chicagon
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Pentoga
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Atkinson ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Gibbs City ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Fortune Lake
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Fortune Lake is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Lake
        • Naults
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Naults is located in Iron County (MI)
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        • Alpha
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Dunn Location
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Dunn Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Location
        • Monongahela Location
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Monongahela Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monongahela Location
        • New Bristol Location
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • New Bristol Location is located in Iron County (MI)
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        • Erickson Landing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Erickson Landing is located in Iron County (MI)
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        • Clinch ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Mastodon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Shafer Location
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Shafer Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer Location
        • Stager
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Tobin Location
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Tobin Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin Location
        • Amasa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Gibson Lake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Gibson Lake is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Lake
        • Crystal Falls
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Kimball Location
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Kimball Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Location
        • Odgers Location
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Odgers Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odgers Location
        • Panola
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Panola is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
        • Western Location
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Western Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Location
        • Balsam
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Balsam is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
        • Kelso Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Kelso Junction is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso Junction
        • Mansfield Location
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Mansfield Location is located in Iron County (MI)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Location
  • Ontonagon 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- Nelma) 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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