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Nearest Communities to Townsend,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Townsend.<1>

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

Townsend is located in Oconto County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Townsend. Of these communities, 63 are located in counties other than Oconto 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 Townsend (which is Oconto 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 Townsend

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

  • Oconto County   (where Townsend resides)
    • 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 Townsend   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
      • Lakewood
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lakewood is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
      • Mountain
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Bonita
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bonita is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Breed
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Logan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Logan is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Hayes
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Hayes is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
      • Frostville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Suring
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory Corners
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Klondike
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Klondike is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
      • Hintz
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Hintz is located in Oconto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hintz
  • Florence County
  • Forest County
    • County Website:   http://www.co.forest.wi.gov/
    • County Seat for Forest:   Crandon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Townsend   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
      • Carter
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Carter is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
      • Soperton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Soperton is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soperton
      • Wabeno
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Wabeno is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabeno
      • Padus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Blackwell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Blackwell is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
      • Woodlawn
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodlawn is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Blackwell Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Blackwell Junction is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Junction
      • Pickerel
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Pickerel is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel
      • Laona
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Keith ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Keith is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
      • Mole Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonneval
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Bonneval is located in Forest County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneval
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Cavour
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Cavour is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
        • Crandon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Armstrong Creek
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
        • Laona Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Laona Junction is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona Junction
        • Nashville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Nashville is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
        • Argonne
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Argonne is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
        • Wisconsin Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Wisconsin Junction is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Junction
        • Newald
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Newald is located in Forest County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newald
  • Langlade County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.langlade.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Langlade:   Antigo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Townsend   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
      • Hollister
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hollister is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
      • Langlade
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Choate
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Choate is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choate
      • Freeman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lily
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Markton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Markton is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
      • White Lake
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • White Lake is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
      • Four Corners
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Four Corners is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
      • Elton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Elton is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Pearson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Pearson is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
      • Sherry Junction
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Sherry Junction is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Junction
      • Polar
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Polar is located in Langlade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
  • Marinette County
  • Menominee County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.menominee.wi.us/
    • County Seat for Menominee:   Keshena
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Townsend   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Townsend.
      • Perote ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Perote is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
      • Neopit
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Neopit is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
      • Zoar
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Keshena Falls
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Keshena Falls is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena Falls
      • Legend Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
  • Oneida County
  • Shawano County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Townsend) 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.