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Nearest Communities to Indian River,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Indian River.<1>

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


Indian River is located in Cheboygan County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cheboygan County: Charlevoix, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego & Presque Isle.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 123 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Indian River. Of these communities, 77 are located in counties other than Cheboygan 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 Indian River (which is Cheboygan 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 Indian River

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

  • Cheboygan County   (where Indian River resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cheboygancounty.net/
    • County Seat for Cheboygan:   Cheboygan
    • Note: The Straits of Mackinac and Lake Michigan lies to the northwest, with Mackinac Island and Lake Huron to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Indian River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Indian River.
      • Pittsburg Landing
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Pittsburg Landing is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
      • Wauban Beach
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Wauban Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauban Beach
      • Chippewa Beach
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Chippewa Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Beach
      • Kingsley Beach
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Kingsley Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Beach
      • Cold Springs
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
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      • Grand View Beach
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Grand View Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Beach
      • Miami Beach
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Miami Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Beach
      • Giauque Beach
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
      • Springwell Heights
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Springwell Heights is located in Cheboygan County
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      • Royal Oak Beach
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
      • Topinabee
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Wildwood
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Burt Lake
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Elmhurst
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Elmhurst is located in Cheboygan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
        • Rondo
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Rondo is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Afton
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Legrand
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Legrand is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Veery Point
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
          • Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Haakwood
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • Haakwood is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Fingerboard Corner
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Long Point
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
          • Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Indianville
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Indianville is located in Cheboygan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianville
        • Birchwood
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
          • Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Wolverine
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Silver Beach
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
          • Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
        • Aloha
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Aloha is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Mullett Lake
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
        • Riggsville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Mullett Lake Woods
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Mullett Lake Woods is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Orchard Beach
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Orchard Beach is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Trowbridge
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Trowbridge is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Ingleside
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Ingleside is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Weadock
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Weadock is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Alverno
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Alverno is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Manning
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Manning is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Hangore Heights
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Hangore Heights is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Pine Grove Beach
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Pine Grove Beach is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Tower
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Tower is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Black Lake
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Cheboygan
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pries Landing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Pries Landing is located in Cheboygan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pries Landing
        • Point Nipigon
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
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          • Point Nipigon has also been known as:
          • Point Nip-i-gon
        • Grand View
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Grand View is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Freedom
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
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        • High Banks
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • High Banks is located in Cheboygan County
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        • Edgewater Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • 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 Indian River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Indian River.
      • Clarion
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Clarion is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
      • Walloon Lake
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wildwood
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
      • Zenith Heights
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Zenith Heights is located in Charlevoix County
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      • Boyne Falls
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyne City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
        • Former names for Boyne City:
        • Bay Springs
        • Boyne
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <3>
      • Bay Shore
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore
      • Horton Bay
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
      • Advance
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Advance is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
      • Burgess
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Burgess is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
      • Goo ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Goo is located in Charlevoix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
      • Ironton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
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      • East Jordan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Emmet County
    • County Website:   https://www.emmetcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Emmet:   Petoskey
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west and northwest, the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron to the northeast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Indian River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Indian River.
      • Alanson
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Brutus
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Epsilon
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Epsilon is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
      • Ponshewaing
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
      • Oden
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Chalet Estates
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Chalet Estates is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Estates
      • Ayr
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Ayr is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
      • Pellston
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Conway
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Menonaqua Beach
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Menonaqua Beach is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menonaqua Beach
      • Van
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Van is located in Emmet County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
      • Bay View
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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        • Kegomic ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Kegomic is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
        • Ramona Park
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Ramona Park is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Park
        • Pleasant View
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
        • Petoskey
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Roaring Brook
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
        • Levering
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Harbor Springs Estate
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Wequetonsing
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Wequetonsing is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetonsing
        • Harbor Point
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Harbor Point is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
        • Harbor Springs
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Patons Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Patons Corner is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patons Corner
        • Marsh Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Marsh Corner is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
        • Forest Beach
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Forest Beach is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
        • Carp Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Bay Harbor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Stutsmanville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Stutsmanville is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsmanville
        • Canby Corners
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Canby Corners is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby Corners
        • Bliss
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Bliss is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
        • Bay Shore Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Bay Shore Estates is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore Estates
        • Cecil
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Cecil is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
        • Cross Village
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Mackinaw City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Good Hart
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Middle Village
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Middle Village is located in Emmet County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
  • 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 Indian River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Indian River.
      • Pointe Aux Pins
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Fort Holmes
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Fort Holmes is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Holmes
      • Fort Mackinac
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Fort Mackinac is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mackinac
      • Mackinac Island
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
  • Montmorency County
  • Otsego County
    • County Website:   https://otsegocountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Otsego:   Gaylord
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Indian River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Indian River.
      • Green Timbers
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
      • Vanderbilt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Berryville ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Berryville is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
      • Hallock
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Hallock is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
      • Sparr
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Sparr is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparr
      • Gaylord
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Elmira
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearll City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Pearll City is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
      • Johannesburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Oak Grove
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Oak Grove is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Hetherton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hetherton is located in Otsego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
  • Presque Isle County
    • County Website:   https://presqueislecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Presque Isle:   Rogers City
    • Note: Lake Huron lies to the north and the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Indian River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Indian River.
      • Black Lake Bluffs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
      • Canfield Beach
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Canfield Beach is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Beach
      • Coddes Beach
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Coddes Beach is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddes Beach
      • Onaway
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Onaway is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
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      • Rainy Beach
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Rainy Beach is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy Beach
      • Huron Beach
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Huron Beach is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Beach
      • Ocqueoc
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
      • Grace
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Grace is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
      • Bell Landing
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Bell Landing is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Landing
      • Millersburg
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hammond
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Hammond is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Big Cut
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Big Cut is located in Presque Isle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cut

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- Indian River) 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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