Nearest Communities to Alanson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alanson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alanson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Alanson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Alanson is located in Emmet County.
The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Emmet County: Charlevoix & Cheboygan.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 121 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alanson. Of these communities, 86 are located in counties other than Emmet 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 Alanson (which is Emmet 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 Alanson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Emmet County (where Alanson resides)
- County Website: https://www.emmetcounty.org/
- County Seat for Emmet: Petoskey
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west and northwest, the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron to the northeast
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Ponshewaing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
- Oden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brutus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ayr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ayr is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
- Chalet Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalet Estates is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Estates
- Conway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Epsilon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Epsilon is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
- Menonaqua Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Menonaqua Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menonaqua Beach
- Pellston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Bay View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kegomic ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kegomic is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Ramona Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ramona Park is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Park
- Roaring Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
- Wequetonsing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wequetonsing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetonsing
- Petoskey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harbor Point is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Harbor Springs Estate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harbor Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Van
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Van is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Patons Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Patons Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patons Corner
- Marsh Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
- Stutsmanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stutsmanville is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsmanville
- Forest Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
- Bay Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Levering
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Canby Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canby Corners is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby Corners
- Bay Shore Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bay Shore Estates is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore Estates
- Bliss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bliss is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Carp Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Good Hart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Village is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Cross Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Mackinaw City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Antrim County
- County Website: https://www.antrimcountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Antrim: Bellaire
- Note: The Grand Traverse Bay lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Chestonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestonia is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestonia
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlevoix County
- County Website: https://www.charlevoixcounty.org/
- County Seat for Charlevoix: Charlevoix
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Clarion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarion is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
- Walloon Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith Heights is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith Heights
- Wildwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Bay Shore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore
- Horton Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
- Boyne Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boyne City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
- Former names for Boyne City:
- Bay Springs
- Boyne
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <3>
- Burgess
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Ironton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Charlevoix Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Charlevoix Estates is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlevoix Estates
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Charlevoix
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Jordan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goo is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
- Boulder Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Boulder Park is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Park
- Phelps
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phelps is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Barnard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Cheboygan County
- County Website: https://www.cheboygancounty.net/
- County Seat for Cheboygan: Cheboygan
- Note: The Straits of Mackinac and Lake Michigan lies to the northwest, with Mackinac Island and Lake Huron to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Burt Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springwell Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Springwell Heights is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwell Heights
- Indianville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indianville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianville
- Elmhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmhurst is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Chippewa Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chippewa Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Beach
- Wauban Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wauban Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauban Beach
- Kingsley Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsley Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Beach
- Pittsburg Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Indian River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Giauque Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Grand View Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grand View Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Beach
- Topinabee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Royal Oak Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Miami Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Miami Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Beach
- Ingleside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Veery Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
- Rondo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rondo is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Long Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Riggsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Haakwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haakwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haakwood
- Birchwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Afton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Weadock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weadock is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weadock
- Wolverine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mullett Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Aloha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aloha is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha
- Legrand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Legrand is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legrand
- Fingerboard Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- Mullett Lake Woods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mullett Lake Woods is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake Woods
- Orchard Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Trowbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trowbridge is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Alverno
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alverno is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverno
- Cheboygan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pries Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pries Landing is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pries Landing
- Manning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Manning is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Grand View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Point Nipigon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Nipigon
- Point Nipigon has also been known as:
- Point Nip-i-gon
- Edgewater Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Hangore Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hangore Heights is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hangore Heights
- Pine Grove Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Beach
- Tower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tower is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
- Black Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
- High Banks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- High Banks is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
- Mackinac County
- County Website: https://www.mackinaccounty.net/
- County Seat for Mackinac: Saint Ignace
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the southwest, the Straits of Mackinac to the south, Mackinac Island and Lake Huron to the southeast
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Pointe Aux Pins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Holmes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Holmes is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Holmes
- Fort Mackinac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Mackinac is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mackinac
- Gros Cap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gros Cap is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros Cap
- Mackinac Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Saint Ignace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- British Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- British Landing is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Landing
- Otsego County
- County Website: https://otsegocountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Otsego: Gaylord
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Vanderbilt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Berryville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Green Timbers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
- Hallock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hallock is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
- Elmira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gaylord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sparr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sparr is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparr
- Presque Isle County
- County Website: https://presqueislecounty.org/
- County Seat for Presque Isle: Rogers City
- Note: Lake Huron lies to the north and the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alanson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alanson.
- Black Lake Bluffs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
- Canfield Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Canfield Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Beach
- Coddes Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coddes Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddes Beach
- Onaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rainy Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rainy Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy Beach
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alanson) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |