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Nearest Communities to Dorgans Crossing,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


Dorgans Crossing is located in Chippewa County.

The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chippewa County: Luce & Mackinac.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dorgans Crossing. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Chippewa 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 Dorgans Crossing (which is Chippewa 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 Dorgans Crossing

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

  • Chippewa County   (where Dorgans Crossing resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.chippewacountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Sault Sainte Marie
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and the Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorgans Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorgans Crossing.
      • Brimley
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mission
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Mission is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
      • Bay Mills
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bay Mills is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Mills
      • Raco
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Raco is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raco
      • Westons Iroquois Beach
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dollar Settlement
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Dollar Settlement is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Settlement
      • Dafter
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Dafter is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dafter
      • Shallows
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Shallows is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallows
      • Kinross
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rudyard
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Lake Superior Estates
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Lake Superior Estates is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Superior Estates
      • Rosedale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Rosedale is located in Chippewa County
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      • Continue List   (36 more) ...
        • Dryburg
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Dryburg is located in Chippewa County
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        • Donaldson
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Donaldson is located in Chippewa County
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        • Sault Sainte Marie
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Fibre
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Fibre is located in Chippewa County
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        • Gardenville
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Gardenville is located in Chippewa County
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        • McCarron
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • McCarron is located in Chippewa County
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        • Barbeau
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Dick
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Dick is located in Chippewa County
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        • Strongs Corner
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Strongs Corner is located in Chippewa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Corner
        • Strongs
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Strongs is located in Chippewa County
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        • Baie de Wasai
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Baie de Wasai is located in Chippewa County
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        • Cordell
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Cordell is located in Chippewa County
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        • Kelden
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Kelden is located in Chippewa County
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        • Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Oak Ridge
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Oak Ridge is located in Chippewa County
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        • Brassar
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Brassar is located in Chippewa County
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        • Pickford
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Stirlingville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Stirlingville is located in Chippewa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirlingville
        • Eckerman Corner
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Eckerman Corner is located in Chippewa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman Corner
        • Eckerman
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Emerson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Emerson is located in Chippewa County
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        • Munuscong
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Munuscong is located in Chippewa County
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        • Homestead
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Homestead is located in Chippewa County
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        • Trout Lake
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Seewhy
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Seewhy is located in Chippewa County
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        • Churchville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Churchville is located in Chippewa County
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        • Payment
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Payment is located in Chippewa County
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        • Snug Harbor
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Snug Harbor is located in Chippewa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
        • Rockview
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Rockview is located in Chippewa County
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        • Paradise
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hulbert
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Hulbert is located in Chippewa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
        • Shelldrake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Shelldrake is located in Chippewa County
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        • Stalwart
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Stalwart is located in Chippewa County
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        • Timberlost
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Timberlost is located in Chippewa County
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        • Whitehouse Landing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Whitehouse Landing is located in Chippewa County
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        • Whitefish Point
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Whitefish Point is located in Chippewa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish Point
  • Mackinac County
    • County Website:   https://www.mackinaccounty.net/
    • County Seat for Mackinac:   Saint Ignace
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the southwest, the Straits of Mackinac to the south, Mackinac Island and Lake Huron to the southeast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dorgans Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dorgans Crossing.
      • Simmons ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Simmons is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
      • Ozark
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Ozark is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
      • Pontchartrain Shores
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Pontchartrain Shores is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontchartrain Shores
      • Kenneth
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Kenneth is located in Mackinac County
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      • Charles
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Charles is located in Mackinac County
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      • Hessel
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Moran
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cedarville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fiborn ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fiborn is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiborn
        • Fiborn has also been known as:
        • Fiborn Quarry
      • Allenville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Allenville is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
      • Patrick Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Patrick Landing is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Landing

Footnotes ...

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