Nearest Communities to Wills,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wills, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wills:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wills is located in Bayfield County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wills. Of these communities, 52 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 Wills (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 Wills
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Bayfield County (where Wills 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 Wills ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wills.
- Muskeg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
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- Iron River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
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- Oulu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oulu is located in Bayfield County
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- Topside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
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- Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
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- Pike River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
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- Ino
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
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- Port Wing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
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- Sutherland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
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- Drummond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
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- Moquah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
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- Benoit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
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- Mason
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Grand View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grand View is located in Bayfield County
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- Lake Owen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Owen is located in Bayfield County
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- Herbster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Herbster is located in Bayfield County
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- Cable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
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- Ashland Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
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- Leonards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leonards is located in Bayfield County
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- Radspur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Radspur is located in Bayfield County
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- Barksdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barksdale is located in Bayfield County
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- Bark Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bark Point is located in Bayfield County
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- Cornucopia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
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- Ashland County
- County Website: https://ashlandcountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Ashland: Ashland
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wills ...
- Sanborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywi.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Superior
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wills ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wills.
- Brule
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brule is located in Douglas County
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- Winneboujou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winneboujou is located in Douglas County
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- Bellwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Douglas County
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- Blueberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blueberry is located in Douglas County
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- Waino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waino is located in Douglas County
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- Lake Nebagamon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Maple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maple is located in Douglas County
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- Cloverland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverland is located in Douglas County
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- Dobie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dobie is located in Douglas County
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- Poplar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Wentworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wentworth is located in Douglas County
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- Hawthorne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
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- Beebe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beebe is located in Douglas County
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- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
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- Sauntry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
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- Amnicon Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amnicon Falls is located in Douglas County
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- Hillcrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
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- Hines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hines is located in Douglas County
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- Rockmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rockmont is located in Douglas County
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- Solon Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Cutter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cutter is located in Douglas County
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- South Range
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
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- Gordon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Douglas County
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- Parkland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parkland is located in Douglas County
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- South Itasca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Itasca is located in Douglas County
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- Itasca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Itasca is located in Douglas County
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- Peyton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peyton is located in Douglas County
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- Sunnyside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Douglas County
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- Allouez
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allouez is located in Douglas County
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- Ambridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ambridge is located in Douglas County
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- Central Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central Park is located in Douglas County
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- East End
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East End is located in Douglas County
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- Saunders
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County
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- South Superior
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Superior is located in Douglas County
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- Wascott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wascott is located in Douglas County
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- Black River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Black River is located in Douglas County
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- Boylston Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boylston Junction is located in Douglas County
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- Boylston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boylston is located in Douglas County
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- Superior Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Superior
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Pokegama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pokegama is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
- Billings Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Billings Park is located in Douglas County
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- Borea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Borea is located in Douglas County
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- Sawyer County
- County Website: https://www.sawyercountygov.org/
- County Seat for Sawyer: Hayward
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wills ...
- Seeley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Washburn County
- County Website: https://co.washburn.wi.us/
- County Seat for Washburn: Shell Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wills ...
- Chittamo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chittamo is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittamo
- Lake County
- County Website: https://www.co.lake.mn.us/
- County Seat for Lake: Two Harbors (MN)
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wills ...
- Knife River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis County
- County Website: https://www.stlouiscountymn.gov/
- County Seat for Saint Louis: Duluth (MN)
- Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wills ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wills.
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- French River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- French River is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French River
- Lakewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Lester Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Park
- Palmers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palmers is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmers
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 from Point A (ie- Wills) 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. |
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