Nearest Communities to Gilchrist,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gilchrist, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gilchrist:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Gilchrist.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mackinac County: Chippewa, Luce & Schoolcraft.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gilchrist. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Mackinac 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 Gilchrist (which is Mackinac 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 Gilchrist
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mackinac County (where Gilchrist resides)
- 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 Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Garnet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Garnet is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Naubinway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millecoquins
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Millecoquins is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millecoquins
- Rexton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rexton is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexton
- Caffey Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caffey Corner is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey Corner
- Caffey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caffey is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Engadine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fiborn ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fiborn is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiborn
- Fiborn has also been known as:
- Fiborn Quarry
- Epoufette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
- Gould City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Corinne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Corinne is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Curtis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Brevort
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brevort is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevort
- Ozark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ozark is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Kenneth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kenneth is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Huntspur
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
- Huntspur has also been known as:
- Hunt Spur
- Port Inland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inland
- Moran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Allenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Allenville is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Charlevoix County
- County Website: https://www.charlevoixcounty.org/
- County Seat for Charlevoix: Charlevoix
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gilchrist ...
- Saint James
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chippewa County
- 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 Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Trout Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hulbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hulbert is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Seewhy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seewhy is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seewhy
- Eckerman Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eckerman Corner is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman Corner
- Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eckerman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strongs Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Strongs Corner is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Corner
- Strongs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Strongs is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs
- Cordell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cordell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Dick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dick is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Timberlost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Timberlost is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlost
- Whitehouse Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse Landing is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
- 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 Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- McLeods Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McLeods Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeods Corner
- Roberts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
- Lencel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lencel is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lencel
- Soo Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Soo Junction is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Junction
- McPhees Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McPhees Landing is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhees Landing
- Newberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dollarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dollarville is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
- Marks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marks is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
- Natalie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Natalie is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Helmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helmer is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmer
- Betty B Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Betty B Landing is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty B Landing
- McMillan Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McMillan Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan Corner
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- McMillan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fourmile Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fourmile Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
- Carpenter Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
- Eightmile Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eightmile Corner is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Corner
- Laketon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laketon is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Danaher
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Danaher is located in Luce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
- 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 Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Inland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Inland is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inland
- Blaney Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Junction
- Blaney Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blaney Park is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Park
- Germfask
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parkington ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkington
- Seney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Gilchrist) 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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