Nearest Communities to Old Fort,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Old Fort, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Old Fort:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 starting from Old Fort.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Old Fort 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 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Old Fort. Of these communities, 26 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 Old Fort (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 Old Fort
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Ashland County (where Old Fort resides)
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Old Fort ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort.
- La Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- La Pointe is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
- Middleport
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Middleport is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
- Odanah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Ashland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- White River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Birch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Sedgwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Marengo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Sanborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Minersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- North York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North York is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
- High Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Foster Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
- Mellen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Bayfield County
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Old Fort ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort.
- Pureair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pureair is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
- Bayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Salmo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salmo is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmo
- Sioux
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sioux is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Red Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Red Cliff is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cliff
- Washburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Barksdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barksdale is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Sand Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Bay is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
- Ashland Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
- Cornucopia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Moquah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Bark Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Benoit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Herbster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Herbster is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbster
- Ino
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Mason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sutherland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Topside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Port Wing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
- Pike River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Grand View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- 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 Old Fort ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort.
- Cedar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Gurney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Saxon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saxon is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- Kimball
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Fort) 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. |