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Nearest Communities to McFarland,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.<1>

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

McFarland 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 133 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McFarland. Of these communities, 81 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 McFarland (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 McFarland

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

  • Marquette County   (where McFarland resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.marquette.mi.us/
    • County Seat for Marquette:   Marquette
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and Whitefish Bay to the northwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McFarland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McFarland.
      • Helena
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Bank
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Cedar Bank is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bank
      • Little Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlshend
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Maple Grove
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Maple Grove is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
      • Vick
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Vick is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vick
      • New Swanzy
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • New Swanzy is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Swanzy
      • Swanzy
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Swanzy is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
      • Lawson
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lawson is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
      • Gwinn
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dukes
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Dukes is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
      • Selma
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Selma is also located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Continue List   (40 more) ...
  • Alger County
  • 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 McFarland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McFarland.
      • Lathrop
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Trombly
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Osier
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Osier is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
      • Campbell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Campbell is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Saint Nicholas
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Hendricks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Hendricks is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
      • Beaver
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Woodlawn is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Perkins
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Winde
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Winde is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winde
      • Kingsley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Kingsley is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
      • Continue List   (29 more) ...
        • Cornell
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Brampton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Maplewood
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Salva
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Salva is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salva
        • Chandler
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Rapid River
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Chaison
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Masonville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Masonville is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
        • Garth
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Kipling
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Flat Rock
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
        • Lambert
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Gladstone
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • West Gladstone
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • West Gladstone is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gladstone
        • Groos
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Groos is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groos
        • Lake Bluff
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Lake Bluff is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
        • Riverland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Riverland is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverland
        • Alton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Alton is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Ensign
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ensign is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
        • Maywood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Maywood is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
        • North Escanaba
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • North Escanaba is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
        • Soo Hill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Soo Hill is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Hill
        • Larch
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Wells
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Schaffer
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Tesch
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Tesch is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesch
        • Hyde
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Hyde is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
        • Pine Ridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
        • Ogontz
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dickinson County
  • Menominee County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McFarland) 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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