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Nearest Communities to Helena,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Helena.<1>

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

Helena is located in Marquette County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marquette County: Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron & Menominee.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 131 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Helena. Of these communities, 73 are located in counties other than Marquette 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 Helena (which is Marquette 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 Helena

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

  • Marquette County   (where Helena resides)
  • Alger County
    • County Website:   https://www.algercounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Alger:   Munising
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Helena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Helena.
      • Kiva
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Kiva is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva
      • Diffin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ladoga
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ladoga is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
      • Dorsey
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sundell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sundell is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundell
      • Traunik
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Trenary
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Rumely
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Limestone
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Limestone is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
      • Eben Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatham
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Deerton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Slapneck ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Slapneck is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
        • Dixon
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Dixon is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
        • Onota
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Forest Lake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Forest Lake is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
        • Rock River
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Rock River is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
        • Vail
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Vail is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Au Train
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Stillman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Stillman is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillman
        • Coalwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Coalwood is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalwood
        • Munising Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Kentucky
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Kentucky is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
  • Delta County
    • County Website:   https://deltacountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Delta:   Escanaba
    • Note: Green Bay lies to the southwest and Lake Michigan to the southeast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Helena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Helena.
      • Lathrop
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Trombly
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Osier
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Osier is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
      • Campbell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Campbell is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Hendricks
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Hendricks is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
      • Saint Nicholas
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Beaver
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Woodlawn is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Perkins
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Winde
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Winde is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winde
      • Kingsley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Kingsley is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Cornell
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Brampton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Salva
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Salva is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salva
        • Maplewood
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Chandler
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Masonville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Masonville is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
        • Rapid River
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Chaison
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Garth
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Kipling
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Flat Rock
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
        • Lambert
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • West Gladstone
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • West Gladstone is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gladstone
        • Gladstone
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Groos
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Groos is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groos
        • Lake Bluff
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
        • Riverland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Riverland is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverland
        • Alton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Alton is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Ensign
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Ensign is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
        • Maywood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Maywood is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
        • North Escanaba
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • North Escanaba is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
        • Soo Hill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Soo Hill is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Hill
  • Dickinson County
  • Menominee County

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- Helena) 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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