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Nearest Communities to Brampton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Brampton.<1>

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

Brampton is located in Delta County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delta County: Alger, Marquette, Menominee & Schoolcraft.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 111 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brampton. Of these communities, 55 are located in counties other than Delta 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 Brampton (which is Delta 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 Brampton

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

  • Delta County   (where Brampton resides)
  • Alger County
  • Dickinson County
  • Marquette County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.marquette.mi.us/
    • County Seat for Marquette:   Marquette
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and Whitefish Bay to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brampton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brampton.
      • Watson ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • McFarland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mashek
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Mashek is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashek
      • Helena
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Arnold
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Reade
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Bank
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Cedar Bank is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bank
      • Maple Grove
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
      • Northland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Carlshend
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lawson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Lawson is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
      • Vick
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Vick is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vick
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Little Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Dukes
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Dukes is located in Marquette County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
        • New Swanzy
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • New Swanzy is located in Marquette County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Swanzy
        • Swanzy
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Swanzy is located in Marquette County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
        • Selma
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Selma is located in Marquette County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
        • Austin
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Gwinn
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Menominee County
    • County Website:   https://www.menomineecounty.com/
    • County Seat for Menominee:   Menominee
    • Note: Green Bay lies to the south
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Brampton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brampton.
      • North Escanaba
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • North Escanaba is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
      • Perronville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eustis
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Eustis is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
      • Whitney
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Whitney is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Dryads ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • LaBranche
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Harris
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Indiantown
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Indiantown is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
        • Indiantown has also been known as:
        • Indian Town
      • Faunus ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Faunus is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faunus
      • Houle
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Houle is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houle
        • Houle has also been known as:
        • Houles
      • Hannahville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Hannahville is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahville
      • Wilson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Helps
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Helps is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helps
        • Spalding
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Powers
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Vega
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Vega is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
        • Gourley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Gourley is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourley
        • Hermansville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Hermansville is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
  • Schoolcraft County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brampton) 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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