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Nearest Communities to Padus,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Padus.<1>

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

Padus 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 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Padus. Of these communities, 44 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 Padus (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 Padus

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

  • Forest County   (where Padus resides)
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Padus   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Padus.
      • Blackwell Junction
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Blackwell Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Junction
      • Blackwell
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Blackwell is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
      • Wabeno
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Wabeno is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabeno
      • Laona
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Soperton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Soperton is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soperton
      • Carter
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Carter is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
      • Woodlawn
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodlawn is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Keith ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Keith is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Cavour
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Cavour is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
      • Laona Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Laona Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona Junction
      • Bonneval
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bonneval is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneval
      • Crandon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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        • Armstrong Creek
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
        • Argonne
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Argonne is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
        • Pickerel
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Pickerel is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel
        • Mole Lake
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Wisconsin Junction
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Wisconsin Junction is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Junction
        • Newald
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Newald is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
        • Nashville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Nashville is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
        • Popple River
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Popple River is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple River
        • Atkins
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hiles
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Hiles is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
  • Florence County
  • Langlade County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.langlade.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Langlade:   Antigo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Padus   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Padus.
      • Choate
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Choate is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choate
      • Freeman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lily
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hollister
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Hollister is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
      • Pearson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Pearson is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
      • Post Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Langlade
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • White Lake
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • White Lake is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
      • Four Corners
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Four Corners is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
      • Elton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Elton is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Sherry Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Sherry Junction is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Junction
      • Markton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Markton is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Elcho
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Bryant
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Koepenick
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Koepenick is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
        • Summit Lake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
        • Neva
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Neva is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva
        • Polar
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Polar is located in Langlade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
        • Kempster
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Deerbrook
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Neva Corners
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marinette County
  • Menominee County
  • Oconto County
    • County Website:   https://www.ocontocountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Oconto:   Oconto
    • Note: Green Bay and Lake Michigan lies to the southeast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Padus   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Padus.
      • Townsend
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Lakewood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lakewood is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
      • Mountain
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Bonita
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Bonita is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Logan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Logan is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Oneida 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- Padus) 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.