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Nearest Communities to Deerton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>

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

Deerton is located in Alger County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 90 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Deerton. Of these communities, 55 are located in counties other than Alger 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 Deerton (which is Alger 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 Deerton

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

  • Alger County   (where Deerton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.algercounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Alger:   Munising
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Deerton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Deerton.
      • Onota
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rock River
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Rock River is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
      • Rumely
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sundell
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Sundell is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundell
      • Eben Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorsey
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Au Train
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Chatham
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Slapneck ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Slapneck is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
      • Ladoga
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Ladoga is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
      • Dixon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Dixon is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Forest Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Forest Lake is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Kiva
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Kiva is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva
        • Limestone
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Limestone is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
        • Traunik
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Vail
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Vail is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Christmas
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Stillman
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Stillman is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillman
        • Munising Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Williams Landing
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Williams Landing is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Landing
        • Diffin
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Coalwood
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Coalwood is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalwood
        • Munising
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Trenary
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Wetmore
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Juniper
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Juniper is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
        • Indian Town
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Indian Town is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
        • Kentucky
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Kentucky is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
        • Doty
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Evelyn
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Evelyn is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
        • Van Meer
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Van Meer is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Meer
        • Shingleton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Williams Crossing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Williams Crossing is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
        • Melstrand
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Myren
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Myren is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myren
  • Delta 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 Deerton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Deerton.
      • Gordon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Gordon is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • New Dalton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dukes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Dukes is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
      • Lawson
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lawson is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
      • Selma
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Selma is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Skandia Station
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Skandia Station is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skandia Station
      • Yalmar
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Yalmar is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yalmar
      • Mangum
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Mangum is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
      • Skandia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Vick
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Vick is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vick
      • Green Garden
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Green Garden is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Garden
      • Maple Grove
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
      • Continue List   (39 more) ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Deerton) 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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