Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Grand Rapids, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Grand Rapids:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Grand Rapids.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Grand Rapids is located in Ontonagon County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ontonagon County: Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Cook (MN) & Ashland (WI).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grand Rapids. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Ontonagon 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 Grand Rapids (which is Ontonagon 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 Grand Rapids
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Ontonagon County (where Grand Rapids resides)
- County Website: https://ontonagoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Ontonagon: Ontonagon
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Victoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Victoria is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Victoria
- Victoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Firesteel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Firesteel is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firesteel
- Ontonagon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mass City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Lake Mine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Mine is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mine
- McKeever
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McKeever is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeever
- Wainola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wainola is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainola
- Wasas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wasas is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasas
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- Silver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- White Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rousseau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rousseau is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
- Ewen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Matchwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Matchwood is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matchwood
- North Paynesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Paynesville
- Balitmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Balitmore is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balitmore
- Bruce Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Topaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Topaz is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
- Nonesuch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nonesuch is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonesuch
- Gem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gem is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Paynesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Bergland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Gogebic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
- Merriweather
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merriweather is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriweather
- Carp Lake Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carp Lake Landing is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp Lake Landing
- Agate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Agate is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
- Craigsmere
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Craigsmere is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsmere
- Trout Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Buckshot Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buckshot Landing is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckshot Landing
- Paulding
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calderwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Calderwood is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calderwood
- Robbins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- LaFayette Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- LaFayette Landing is located in Ontonagon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette Landing
- Baraga County
- County Website: https://keweenawbay.org/
- County Seat for Baraga: L'Anse
- Note: Whitefish Bay lies to the north, with Lake Superior to the northeast
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids ...
- Pelkie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gogebic County
- County Website: https://www.gogebic.gov/
- County Seat for Gogebic: Bessemer
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the northwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
- White City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Gogebic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ethelwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ethelwood is located in Gogebic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelwood
- Theilers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Theilers is located in Gogebic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theilers
- Tula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tula is located in Gogebic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tula
- Gogebic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gogebic is located in Gogebic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
- Houghton County
- County Website: https://www.houghtoncounty.net/
- County Seat for Houghton: Houghton
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and Whitefish Bay to the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grand Rapids ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Rapids.
- Pori
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pori is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pori
- Winona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winona is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Wyandotte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandotte is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- White
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Lake Roland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Roland is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Roland
- Nisula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nisula is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisula
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Frost
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Alston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alston is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
- Donken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donken is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donken
- Hazel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hazel is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Kenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kenton is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Stonington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stonington is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Toivola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Rapids) 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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