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Nearest Communities to Arenac,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.<1>

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

Arenac is located in Arenac County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Arenac County: Bay, Gladwin, Iosco & Ogemaw.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 128 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Arenac. Of these communities, 103 are located in counties other than Arenac 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 Arenac (which is Arenac 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 Arenac

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

  • Arenac County   (where Arenac resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.arenaccountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Arenac:   Standish
    • Note: Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron lies to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arenac   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arenac.
      • Pine River
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Omer
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Omer is also located in Arenac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
      • Whites Beach
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Saganing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Standish
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Twining
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Worth
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Worth is also located in Arenac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
      • Au Gres
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Sterling
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Knights Mill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Knights Mill is also located in Arenac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Mill
      • Maple Ridge
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Turner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Turner is also located in Arenac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
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        • Santiago
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Santiago is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
        • Melita
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Morres Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Morres Junction is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morres Junction
        • Glenwood Beach
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Glenwood Beach is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Beach
        • Delano
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Delano is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
        • Birchwood Shores
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Birchwood Shores is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Shores
        • Hammell Beach
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Hammell Beach is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammell Beach
        • Alger
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Harmon City Heights
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Harmon City Heights is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
        • Wagner Beach
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Wagner Beach is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner Beach
        • Whitestone Point
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Whitestone Point is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone Point
        • Huron Heights
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Huron Heights is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Heights
        • Pine Wood Park
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Wood Park is also located in Arenac County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Wood Park
  • Bay County
  • Gladwin County
    • County Website:   https://gladwincounty-mi.gov/
    • County Seat for Gladwin:   Gladwin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arenac   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arenac.
      • Rhodes
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hard Luck
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Hard Luck is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck
        • Hard Luck has also been known as:
        • Hardluck
      • Estey
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Estey is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estey
      • Bowmanville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Bowmanville is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmanville
      • Highwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Secord
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Secord is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secord
      • Wooden Shoe Village
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • White Star
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Winegars
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Winegars is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winegars
      • Billings
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Billings is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
      • Lockwood Beach
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lockwood Beach is located in Gladwin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood Beach
      • Sugar Rapids
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
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        • Hockaday
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Hockaday is located in Gladwin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockaday
        • McClure
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • McClure is located in Gladwin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure
        • Dale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Dale is located in Gladwin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
        • Wagarville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Wagarville is located in Gladwin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagarville
  • Huron County
  • Iosco County
    • County Website:   https://iosco.net/
    • County Seat for Iosco:   Tawas City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arenac   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arenac.
      • Turtle
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Turtle is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle
      • Whittemore
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • National City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Haven
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Cedar Haven is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Haven
      • McIvor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • McIvor is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIvor
      • Alabaster
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Alabaster is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
      • White Rock ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hemlock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Hemlock is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
      • Benson Park
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Benson Park is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Park
      • Meadow
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Meadow is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
      • Oak Wood Shores
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Oak Wood Shores is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Wood Shores
      • Huron Oaks
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Huron Oaks is located in Iosco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Oaks
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
  • Midland County
  • Ogemaw County
  • Tuscola County
    • County Website:   https://www.tuscolacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Tuscola:   Caro
    • Note: Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron lies to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arenac   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arenac.
      • Thomas
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Thomas is located in Tuscola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Bay Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakhurst
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Oakhurst is located in Tuscola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
      • Quanicassee
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Quanicassee is located in Tuscola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quanicassee
      • Wisner
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Wisner is located in Tuscola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner

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- Arenac) 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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