Nearest Communities to Backus Beach,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Backus Beach, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Backus Beach:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Backus Beach.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Backus Beach is located in Alcona County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alcona County: Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw & Oscoda.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Backus Beach. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Alcona 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 Backus Beach (which is Alcona 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 Backus Beach
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Alcona County (where Backus Beach resides)
- County Website: https://alconacountymi.com/
- County Seat for Alcona: Harrisville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus Beach.
- Hubbard Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hubbard Lake is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Lake
- Larson Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Larson Beach is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson Beach
- Barton City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Lake Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lost Lake Woods is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake Woods
- Spruce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Killmaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Killmaster is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killmaster
- Gustin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gustin is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustin
- Alcona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alcona is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcona
- Black River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mikado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Curran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Kurtz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Harrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springport is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springport
- Wallace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wallace is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Greenbush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cheviers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheviers is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviers
- Glennie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alvin is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Bryant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bryant is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Curtisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is also located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Alpena County
- County Website: https://www.alpenacounty.org/
- County Seat for Alpena: Alpena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus Beach.
- Hubbard Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ossineke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Herron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Herron is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron
- McHarg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- McHarg is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHarg
- Spratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spratt is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Paxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Alpena Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alpena Junction is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena Junction
- Alpena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Emerson Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Emerson Station is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Station
- Flanders
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Lachine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Long Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Cathro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cathro is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathro
- Bolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Lakewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Iosco County
- County Website: https://iosco.net/
- County Seat for Iosco: Tawas City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus Beach.
- Lincoln Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Junction is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Junction
- Sid Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sid Town is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
- Foote Site Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
- The Jackpines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- The Jackpines is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Jackpines
- Wilber
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Oscoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Au Sable
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Au Sable is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
- Long Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorency County
- County Website: https://www.montcounty.org/
- County Seat for Montmorency: Atlanta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus Beach.
- Rust
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rust is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust
- Avery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Hillman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ogemaw County
- County Website: https://www.ocmi.us/
- County Seat for Ogemaw: West Branch
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus Beach.
- Goodar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goodar is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodar
- South Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oscoda County
- County Website: https://www.oscodacountymi.com/
- County Seat for Oscoda: Mio
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Backus Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Backus Beach.
- McKinley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McKinley is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gomins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gomins is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomins
- Kneeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kneeland is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
- Biggs Settlement
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biggs Settlement is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs Settlement
- Mio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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- Backus Beach) 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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