Nearest Communities to Ensign,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ensign, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ensign:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 Ensign.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ensign 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 97 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ensign. Of these communities, 41 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 Ensign (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 Ensign
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Delta County (where Ensign resides)
- County Website: https://deltacountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Delta: Escanaba
- Note: Green Bay lies to the southwest and Lake Michigan to the southeast
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- Nearest Communities to Ensign ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ensign.
- Alton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alton is located in Delta County
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- Garth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garth is located in Delta County
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- Ogontz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ogontz is located in Delta County
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- Rapid River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Masonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Masonville is located in Delta County
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- Saint Jacques
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
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- Nahma Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nahma Junction is located in Delta County
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- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Delta County
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- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Delta County
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- Kipling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kipling is located in Delta County
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- Gladstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brampton is located in Delta County
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- Chaison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chaison is located in Delta County
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- Nahma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
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- West Gladstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Gladstone is located in Delta County
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- Perkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins is located in Delta County
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- Lambert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Delta County
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- Isabella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Delta County
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- Winde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winde is located in Delta County
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- Groos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Groos is located in Delta County
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- Larch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Larch is located in Delta County
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- North Escanaba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Escanaba is located in Delta County
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- Beaver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver is located in Delta County
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- Soo Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Soo Hill is located in Delta County
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- Stonington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stonington is located in Delta County
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- Wells
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wells is located in Delta County
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- Chandler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Delta County
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- Escanaba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Garden Corners is located in Delta County
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- Campbell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell is located in Delta County
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- Fayette ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette is located in Delta County
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- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Delta County
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- Osier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osier is located in Delta County
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- Trombly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trombly is located in Delta County
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- Trombly has also been known as:
- Trombley
- Devils Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Corner is located in Delta County
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- Cornell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Salva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Salva is located in Delta County
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- Garden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
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- Riverland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverland is located in Delta County
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- Saint Nicholas
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Nicholas is located in Delta County
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- Sac Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sac Bay is located in Delta County
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- Ford River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ford River is located in Delta County
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- Hyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde is located in Delta County
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- Kingsley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kingsley is located in Delta County
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- Woodlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Delta County
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- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Delta County
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- Narenta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Narenta is located in Delta County
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- Schaffer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schaffer is located in Delta County
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- Tesch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tesch is located in Delta County
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- Island View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Island View is located in Delta County
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- Hendricks
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hendricks is located in Delta County
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- Lathrop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lathrop is located in Delta County
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- Bark River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alger County
- County Website: https://www.algercounty.gov/
- County Seat for Alger: Munising
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
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- Nearest Communities to Ensign ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ensign.
- Trenary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Diffin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Diffin is located in Alger County
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- Limestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Limestone is located in Alger County
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- Traunik
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kiva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiva is located in Alger County
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- Ladoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ladoga is located in Alger County
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- Kentucky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Alger County
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- Dixon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Alger County
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- Forest Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Lake is located in Alger County
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- Slapneck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slapneck is located in Alger County
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- Vail
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vail is located in Alger County
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- 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
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- Nearest Communities to Ensign ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ensign.
- McFarland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McFarland is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- McFarland has also been known as:
- McFarlands
- Watson ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Marquette County
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- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Marquette County
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- Mashek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mashek is located in Marquette County
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- 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 Ensign ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ensign.
- North Escanaba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Escanaba is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
- Eustis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eustis is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Perronville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Perronville is located in Menominee County
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- Whitney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Whitney is located in Menominee County
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- Harris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indiantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indiantown is located in Menominee County
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- Indiantown has also been known as:
- Indian Town
- Dryads ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dryads is located in Menominee County
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- Hannahville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hannahville is located in Menominee County
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- Houle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houle is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houle
- Houle has also been known as:
- Houles
- LaBranche
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- LaBranche is located in Menominee County
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- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Menominee County
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- Faunus ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Faunus is located in Menominee County
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- Schoolcraft County
- County Website: https://www.schoolcraftcounty.net/
- County Seat for Schoolcraft: Manistique
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the south
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ensign ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ensign.
- Cooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Springer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Springer is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Michiwaukee Shores
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Michiwaukee Shores is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michiwaukee Shores
- Richardsons Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Richardsons Mill is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsons Mill
- Thompson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Minor Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Sunset Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Evergreen Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Shores is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Harrison Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Harrison Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Copenhagen Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Ossawinamakee Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ossawinamakee Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossawinamakee Beach
- Steuben
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Manistique
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ensign) 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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