Nearest Communities to Park Falls,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Park Falls, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Park Falls:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Park Falls.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Park Falls is located in Price County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Price County: Ashland, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor & Vilas.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Park Falls. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Price 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 Park Falls (which is Price 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 Park Falls
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Price County (where Park Falls resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.price.wi.us/
- County Seat for Price: Phillips
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Park Falls ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Park Falls.
- Lymantown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lymantown is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymantown
- Fifield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Kaiser ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kaiser is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
- Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coolidge is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Kennedy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Lugerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Phillips
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Cranberry Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cranberry Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Worcester
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Catawba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pennington is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Prentice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Kennan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Brantwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brantwood is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantwood
- Ashland County
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Park Falls ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Park Falls.
- Holts Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Landing is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Landing
- Butternut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Petes Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petes Landing is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Landing
- Peeksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Peeksville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Shanagolden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shanagolden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanagolden
- Morse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Cayuga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Ballou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ballou is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Clam Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clam Lake is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Mellen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Foster Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
- 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 Park Falls ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Park Falls.
- Springstead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springstead is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springstead
- Manitowish
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manitowish is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Carter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carter is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Powell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powell is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Pine Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Tyler Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tyler Forks is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler Forks
- Rouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rouse is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Upson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Upson is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upson
- Sawyer County
- County Website: https://www.sawyercountygov.org/
- County Seat for Sawyer: Hayward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Park Falls ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Park Falls.
- Oxbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oxbo is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbo
- Draper
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Draper is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Loretta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Loretta is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Hay Stack Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Stack Corner is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Stack Corner
- Winter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Vilas County
- County Website: https://www.vilascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Vilas: Eagle River
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Park Falls ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Park Falls.
- Lac du Flambeau
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
- Lac du Flambeau Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marlands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marlands is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlands
- Manitowish Waters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Park Falls) 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. |