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Nearest Communities to Germfask,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Germfask.<1>

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


Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 63 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Germfask. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Schoolcraft 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 Germfask (which is Schoolcraft 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 Germfask

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

  • Schoolcraft County   (where Germfask resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.schoolcraftcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Schoolcraft:   Manistique
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the south
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Germfask   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germfask.
      • Seney
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Blaney Park
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Blaney Park is located in Schoolcraft County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Park
      • Walsh
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
      • Inland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Inland is located in Schoolcraft County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inland
      • Blaney Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
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      • Parkington ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County
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      • Lavender Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Lavender Corner is located in Schoolcraft County
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      • Gulliver
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Hiawatha
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Hiawatha is located in Schoolcraft County
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      • Creighton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
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      • Pines
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Pines is located in Schoolcraft County
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      • Cusino
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Cusino is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Ossawinamakee Beach
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Ossawinamakee Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Copenhagen Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Harrison Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Harrison Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Manistique
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Steuben
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Evergreen Shores
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Evergreen Shores is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Minor Beach
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Richardsons Mill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Richardsons Mill is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Sunset Beach
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Sunset Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Michiwaukee Shores
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Michiwaukee Shores is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Elkhorn
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
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        • Thompson
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Thompson is located in Schoolcraft County
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  • 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 Germfask   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germfask.
      • Green Haven
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Green Haven is located in Alger County
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      • Sunrise Landing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Sunrise Landing is located in Alger County
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      • Star
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Star is located in Alger County
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      • Myren
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Myren is located in Alger County
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      • Shingleton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Melstrand
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Melstrand is located in Alger County
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      • Williams Crossing
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Williams Crossing is located in Alger County
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      • Van Meer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Van Meer is located in Alger County
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      • Grand Marais
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Sullivans Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Sullivans Landing is located in Alger County
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      • Doty
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Doty is located in Alger County
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      • Evelyn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Evelyn is located in Alger County
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  • Luce County
    • County Website:   https://www.lucecountymi.com/
    • County Seat for Luce:   Newberry
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Germfask   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germfask.
      • Carpenter Landing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
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      • Danaher
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Danaher is located in Luce County
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      • Helmer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Helmer is located in Luce County
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      • Marks
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Marks is located in Luce County
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      • Laketon
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Laketon is located in Luce County
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      • McMillan Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • McMillan Corner is located in Luce County
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      • McMillan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Natalie
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Natalie is located in Luce County
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      • Dollarville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Dollarville is located in Luce County
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      • Eightmile Corner
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Eightmile Corner is located in Luce County
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      • Newberry
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Roberts Corner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Roberts Corner is located in Luce County
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        • Fourmile Corner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Fourmile Corner is located in Luce County
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        • Lencel
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Lencel is located in Luce County
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        • McPhees Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • McPhees Landing is located in Luce County
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        • McLeods Corner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • McLeods Corner is located in Luce County
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        • Pine Stump Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Stump Junction is located in Luce County
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  • 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 Germfask   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Germfask.
      • Curtis
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Huntspur
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
        • Huntspur has also been known as:
        • Hunt Spur
      • Corinne
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Corinne is located in Mackinac County
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      • Gould City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Port Inland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
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      • Engadine
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Millecoquins
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Millecoquins is located in Mackinac County
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      • Naubinway
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilchrist
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
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      • Garnet
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Garnet is located in Mackinac County
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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- Germfask) 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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