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Nearest Communities to Tomahawk,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 Tomahawk.<1>

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

Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Langlade, Marathon, Oneida, Price & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tomahawk. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Tomahawk (which is Lincoln 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 Tomahawk

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Tomahawk resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lincoln.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Merrill
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tomahawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tomahawk.
      • Jersey City
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
      • West Kraft
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • West Kraft is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kraft
      • Gilbert
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
      • Bradley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Bradley is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Heafford Junction
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
      • Irma
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Harrison
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • McCord
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • McCord is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
      • Spirit Falls
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Spirit Falls is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Falls
      • Bundy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Bundy is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundy
      • Jeffris
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
      • Tripoli
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Tripoli is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Otis
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Otis is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
        • Bloomville
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Bloomville is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomville
        • Dudley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Gleason
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Clifford
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Clifford is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
        • Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Merrill
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
        • Doering
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Doering is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doering
        • Pine River
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Pine River is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
  • Langlade County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.langlade.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Langlade:   Antigo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tomahawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tomahawk.
      • Parrish
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Parrish is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
      • Bavaria
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Bavaria is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
      • Elcho
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Summit Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
      • Ormsby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ormsby is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
      • Koepenick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Koepenick is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
      • Kempster
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marathon County
  • Oneida County
    • County Website:   https://www.oneidacountywi.gov/
    • County Seat for Oneida:   Rhinelander
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tomahawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tomahawk.
      • Manson ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Manson is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
      • Woodboro
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Woodboro is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodboro
      • Harshaw
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Crescent Corner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Crescent Corner is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Corner
      • Goodnow
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Goodnow is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
      • Newbold
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Newbold is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
      • Rhinelander
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • McNaughton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • McNaughton is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNaughton
      • Enterprise
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Enterprise is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Hazelhurst
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Sunflower
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Sunflower is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
      • Malvern
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Malvern is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Lake Tomahawk
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
        • Rantz
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Rantz is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantz
        • Roosevelt
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Roosevelt is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
        • Pelican Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Pratt Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Junction
        • Minocqua
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Minocqua is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minocqua
        • Starks
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Starks is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
        • Monico
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Woodruff
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Sugar Camp
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Price County
  • Taylor County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tomahawk) 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.