Nearest Communities to Walker,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Walker, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Walker:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Walker.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Walker is located in Wood County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon & Portage.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 105 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Walker. Of these communities, 79 are located in counties other than Wood 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 Walker (which is Wood 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 Walker
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Wood County (where Walker resides)
- County Website: https://www.woodcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Wood: Wisconsin Rapids
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- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Nekoosa Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nekoosa Junction is located in Wood County
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- Cranmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cranmoor is located in Wood County
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- Port Edwards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Vesper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vesper is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Eight Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
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- Nekoosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Dexterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dexterville is located in Wood County
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- Wisconsin Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Pittsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Babcock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Babcock is located in Wood County
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- Veedum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Veedum is located in Wood County
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- Biron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Biron is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grand Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
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- Lake Wazeecha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
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- Arpin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Arpin is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Rudolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Wood County
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- Sherry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherry is located in Wood County
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- Blenker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blenker is located in Wood County
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- Auburndale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Milladore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Hewitt
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Lindsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
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- Bakerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
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- Nasonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nasonville is located in Wood County
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- Marshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.wi.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Friendship
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Rome is located in Adams County
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- Monroe Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Monroe Center is located in Adams County
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- Big Flats
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
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- Leola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leola is located in Adams County
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- Strongs Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
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- Cottonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Adams County
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- Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
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- Arkdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
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- Dellwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dellwood is located in Adams County
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- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Adams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Adams County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Fordham ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fordham is located in Adams County
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- Clark County
- County Website: https://www.clarkcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Clark: Neillsville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Sherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sherwood is located in Clark County
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- Nevins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nevins is located in Clark County
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- Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Clark County
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- Lynn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Clark County
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- Granton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granton is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Shortville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shortville is located in Clark County
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- Kurth ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kurth is located in Clark County
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- Veefkind
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Veefkind is located in Clark County
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- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.wi.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Black River Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- City Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- City Point is located in Jackson County
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- Spaulding
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spaulding is located in Jackson County
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- Lapham Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
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- Pray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pray is located in Jackson County
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- Speck Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Speck Oaks is located in Jackson County
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- Waterbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waterbury is located in Jackson County
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- Juneau County
- County Website: https://www.co.juneau.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Juneau: Mauston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Finley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Finley is located in Juneau County
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- New Miner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
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- Meadow Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
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- Sprague
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
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- Mather
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
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- Necedah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
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- Cutler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cutler is located in Juneau County
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- Kelly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Juneau County
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- Marathon County
- County Website: https://www.marathoncounty.gov/
- County Seat for Marathon: Wausau
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Rangeline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
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- Rozellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
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- Dancy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dancy is located in Marathon County
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- Mann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mann is located in Marathon County
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- McMillan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McMillan is located in Marathon County
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- Ashley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
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- Knowlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knowlton is located in Marathon County
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- Bradley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Marathon County
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- Moon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moon is located in Marathon County
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- Staadts ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Staadts is located in Marathon County
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- Halder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Halder is located in Marathon County
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- Stratford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stratford is located in Marathon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rocky Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Corners is located in Marathon County
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- Little Rose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Little Rose is located in Marathon County
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- Weber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weber is located in Marathon County
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- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Monroe County
- County Website: https://www.co.monroe.wi.us/
- County Seat for Monroe: Sparta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Norway Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
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- Shennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
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- Portage County
- County Website: https://www.co.portage.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Portage: Stevens Point
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Kellner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kellner is located in Portage County
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- Meehan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Meehan is located in Portage County
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- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Mill Creek Community
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek Community is located in Portage County
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- Rocky Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Run is located in Portage County
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- Coddington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coddington is located in Portage County
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- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Plover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Plover is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- West Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Bancroft is located in Portage County
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- Casimir
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Casimir is located in Portage County
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- Stevens Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Bancroft
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Portage County
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- Park Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Keene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Keene is located in Portage County
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- Arnott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
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- Stockton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stockton is located in Portage County
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- West Almond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Almond is located in Portage County
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- Jordan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Portage County
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- Torun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Torun is located in Portage County
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- Custer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Custer is located in Portage County
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- Almond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Almond is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Fancher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fancher is located in Portage County
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- Ellis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
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- Polonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
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- Waushara County
- County Website: https://www.co.waushara.wi.us/
- County Seat for Waushara: Wautoma
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walker.
- Plainfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
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- Walker) 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. |