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Nearest Communities to Marilla,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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


Marilla is located in Manistee County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Manistee County: Benzie, Grand Traverse, Lake, Mason & Wexford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 118 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Marilla. Of these communities, 86 are located in counties other than Manistee 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 Marilla (which is Manistee 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 Marilla

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

  • Manistee County   (where Marilla resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.manisteecountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Manistee:   Manistee
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Pomona
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Pomona is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
      • Harlan ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Harlan is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Kaleva
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Copemish
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Brethren
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Henry ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Henry is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
      • Humphrey
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Humphrey is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
      • Wellston
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Chief Lake
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Chief Lake is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
      • Maue Corners
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Maue Corners is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maue Corners
      • Pleasanton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Pleasanton is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
      • Dublin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Dublin is located in Manistee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
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        • Udell
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Udell is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
        • Bear Lake
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Norwalk
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Norwalk is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
        • Malcolm
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Malcolm is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
        • Onekama
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Onekama Junction
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Onekama Junction is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onekama Junction
        • Wic-a-te-wah
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Wic-a-te-wah is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wic-a-te-wah
        • Douglas
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Douglas is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
        • Red Park
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Red Park is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Park
        • Newland
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Newland is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
        • Pierport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Pierport is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierport
        • Williamsport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Williamsport is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
        • Arcadia
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Bar Lake
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Bar Lake is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bar Lake
        • Eastlake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Eastlake is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlake
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
        • Filer City
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Filer City is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer City
        • Stronach
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Stronach is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronach
        • Parkdale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Parkdale is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Oak Hill
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Oak Hill is located in Manistee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
          • Oak Hill has also been known as:
          • Oakhill
        • Manistee
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Benzie County
    • County Website:   https://www.benzieco.net/
    • County Seat for Benzie:   Beulah
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Griner Station
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Griner Station is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griner Station
        • Griner Station has also been known as:
        • Print
      • Nessen City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Nessen City is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nessen City
      • Thompsonville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Wallin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Wallin is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
      • Weldon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Weldon is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
      • Bendon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Bendon is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendon
      • Platte River
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Platte River is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte River
      • Benzonia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Beulah
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Watervale
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Watervale is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
      • Honor
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Averytown ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Averytown is located in Benzie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averytown
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        • Lake Ann
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Elberta
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Edgewater
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Edgewater is located in Benzie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
        • Frankfort
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Cedar Run
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Cedar Run is located in Benzie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
        • Chimney Corners Resort
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Crystallia
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Crystallia is located in Benzie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystallia
        • Oberlin ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Oberlin is located in Benzie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
        • Pilgrim
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Pilgrim is located in Benzie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
        • Aral ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Aral is located in Benzie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aral
          • Aral has also been known as:
          • Otter Creek
  • Grand Traverse County
    • County Website:   https://www.gtcountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Grand Traverse:   Traverse City
    • Note: The Grand Traverse Bay lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Wexford Corner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Wexford Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wexford Corner
      • Karlin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Karlin is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karlin
      • Pavlovic Corner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Pavlovic Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavlovic Corner
      • Hannah
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Hannah is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
      • Hilltop
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Hilltop is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Monroe Center
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Monroe Center is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
      • Interlochen
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Summit City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Summit City is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
      • Grawn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,618 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsley <3>
      • Chums Corner
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Chums Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chums Corner
      • Mayfield
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Mayfield is located in Grand Traverse County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
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        • McManus Corner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • McManus Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McManus Corner
        • Walton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Walton is located in Grand Traverse County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
          • Walton has also been known as:
          • Walton Junction
        • Brookside
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Brookside is located in Grand Traverse County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
        • Devils Elbow
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Devils Elbow is located in Grand Traverse County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
        • Jacks Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Jacks Landing is located in Grand Traverse County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Landing
        • Traverse City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kalkaska County
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   https://lakecountymi.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Baldwin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Irons
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Manistee
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Little Manistee is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Manistee
      • Peacock
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Peacock is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
      • Sauble
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Sauble is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauble
      • Bristol
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Bristol is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Skookum
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Skookum is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skookum
      • Luther
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Wolf Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
      • Edgetts
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Edgetts is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgetts
  • Leelanau County
    • County Website:   https://www.leelanau.gov/
    • County Seat for Leelanau:   Leland
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west and north, with the Grand Traverse Bay to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Jacktown ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Jacktown is located in Leelanau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
        • Jacktown has also been known as:
        • Osborn
      • Greilickville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Greilickville is located in Leelanau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greilickville
      • Solon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Solon is located in Leelanau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
  • Mason County
    • County Website:   https://www.masoncounty.net/
    • County Seat for Mason:   Ludington
    • Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Millerton ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Millerton is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Free Soil
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Fountain
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Batcheller ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Batcheller is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batcheller
        • Batcheller has also been known as:
        • Turtle Lake
      • Tallman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Tallman is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman
        • Tallman has also been known as:
        • Weaver
      • Elm Flats ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Elm Flats is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flats
  • Missaukee County
  • Osceola County
  • Wexford County
    • County Website:   https://wexfordcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Wexford:   Cadillac
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marilla.
      • Yuma
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Yuma is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
      • Bagnall
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bagnall is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagnall
      • Mesick
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Glengary
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Glengary is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary
      • Sherman
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sherman is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Harrietta
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Garletts Corner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Garletts Corner is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garletts Corner
      • Buckley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Boon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Boon is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon
      • Hoxeyville ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hoxeyville is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxeyville
        • Hoxeyville has also been known as:
        • Clay Hill
      • Meauwataka
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Meauwataka is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meauwataka
      • Millersville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Millersville is located in Wexford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
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        • Baxter
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Baxter is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Axin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Axin is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axin
        • Gilbert
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Gilbert is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
        • Benson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Benson is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
        • Bond's Mills ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Bond's Mills is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond's Mills
        • Haring
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Haring is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haring
        • Manton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Missaukee Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Missaukee Junction is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missaukee Junction
        • Cadillac
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Hobart
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Hobart is located in Wexford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marilla) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.