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Nearest Communities to Michaud,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Michaud.<1>

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

Michaud is located in Power County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Power County: Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Cassia & Oneida.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Michaud. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Power 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 Michaud (which is Power 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 Michaud

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

  • Power County   (where Michaud resides)
  • Bannock County
  • Bingham County
    • County Website:   https://www.binghamid.gov/
    • County Seat for Bingham:   Blackfoot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Michaud   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Michaud.
      • Fingal
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Fingal is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
      • Sterling
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sterling is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
      • Aberdeen
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Springfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fort Hall
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Grandview
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Grandview is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Pingree
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Gibson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Gibson is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Liberty
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Thomas
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Thomas is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Rockford
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Rockford is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Riverside
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Aberdeen Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Moreland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Rouse
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Rouse is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
        • Aiken
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Aiken is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
        • Blackfoot
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Clarkson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Clarkson is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
        • Collins
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Groveland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Groveland is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
        • Coffee Point
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Havens
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Havens is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
        • Peterson ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Peterson is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
        • Olsen
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Gay
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Gay is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
        • Fullmer
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Fullmer is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullmer
        • McDonaldville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • McDonaldville is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonaldville
        • Taber
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Taber is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taber
        • Rose
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Rose is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
        • Wapello
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Caribou 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- Michaud) 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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