Nearest Communities to Washburn,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Washburn, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Washburn:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Washburn.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Washburn is located in Bayfield County and is the County Seat.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Washburn. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Bayfield 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 Washburn (which is Bayfield 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 Washburn
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Bayfield County (where Washburn resides)
- County Website: https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/
- County Seat for Bayfield: Washburn
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Sioux
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sioux is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Barksdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barksdale is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Salmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salmo is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmo
- Ashland Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
- Pureair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pureair is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
- Bayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moquah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Cliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Red Cliff is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cliff
- Benoit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornucopia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Ino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Sand Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sand Bay is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mason
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Bark Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Point
- Herbster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herbster is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbster
- Sutherland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Topside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Delta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pike River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Grand View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Port Wing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
- Iron River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
- Drummond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Muskeg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
- Oulu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oulu is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oulu
- Ashland County
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Fort is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Middleport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middleport is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
- La Pointe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- White River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Odanah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sanborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Birch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Minersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Sedgwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- North York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North York is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- High Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Foster Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Foster Junction is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Junction
- Mellen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Tannery Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- Ballou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ballou is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- 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 Washburn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washburn.
- Cedar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Saxon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saxon is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- Rouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rouse is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Tyler Forks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler Forks is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler Forks
- Kimball
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Washburn) 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. |