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Nearest Communities to Buckshot Landing,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Buckshot Landing.<1>

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


Buckshot Landing is located in Ontonagon County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ontonagon County: Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Cook (MN) & Ashland (WI).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buckshot Landing. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Ontonagon 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 Buckshot Landing (which is Ontonagon 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 Buckshot Landing

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

  • Ontonagon County   (where Buckshot Landing resides)
    • County Website:   https://ontonagoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Ontonagon:   Ontonagon
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buckshot Landing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buckshot Landing.
      • LaFayette Landing
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • LaFayette Landing is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette Landing
      • Carp Lake Landing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Carp Lake Landing is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp Lake Landing
      • Nonesuch
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Nonesuch is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonesuch
      • Silver City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Silver City is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • White Pine
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Green
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Green is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
      • Bergland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Gogebic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
      • Merriweather
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Merriweather is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriweather
      • Topaz
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Topaz is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
      • Ontonagon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Grand Rapids
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Grand Rapids is located in Ontonagon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Matchwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Matchwood is located in Ontonagon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matchwood
        • Firesteel
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Firesteel is located in Ontonagon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firesteel
        • Old Victoria
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Old Victoria is located in Ontonagon County
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        • Victoria
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Victoria is located in Ontonagon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
        • Rockland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Gogebic County
    • County Website:   https://www.gogebic.gov/
    • County Seat for Gogebic:   Bessemer
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buckshot Landing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buckshot Landing.
      • Tula
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Tula is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tula
      • Connorville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Connorville is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
      • Thomaston
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Thomaston is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
      • Ethelwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Ethelwood is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelwood
      • Planter
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Planter is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
      • Theilers
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Theilers is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theilers
      • Wakefield
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Auvinen Corner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Auvinen Corner is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvinen Corner
      • North Bessemer
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • North Bessemer is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bessemer
      • Plymouth
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Plymouth is located in Gogebic County
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      • Ramsay
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
      • Verona
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Verona is located in Gogebic County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Wico
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Wico is located in Gogebic County
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        • Anvil
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Anvil is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
        • Bessemer
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Hautala Corner
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Hautala Corner is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hautala Corner
        • North Ironwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
        • Siemens
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Siemens is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
        • Yale
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Yale is located in Gogebic County
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        • Hillcrest
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
        • Junet
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Junet is located in Gogebic County
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        • Dunham
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Dunham is located in Gogebic County
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        • Hartley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Hartley is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
          • Hartley has also been known as:
          • Hartleys
        • Jessieville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Jessieville is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
        • Marenisco
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • White City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • White City is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
        • Aurora
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Aurora is located in Gogebic County
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        • Ironwood
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Norrie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Norrie is located in Gogebic County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie

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- Buckshot Landing) 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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