Nearest Communities to Paxton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Paxton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Paxton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Paxton.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Paxton is located in Alpena County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alpena County: Alcona, Montmorency, Oscoda & Presque Isle.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Paxton. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Alpena 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 Paxton (which is Alpena 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 Paxton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Alpena County (where Paxton resides)
- County Website: https://www.alpenacounty.org/
- County Seat for Alpena: Alpena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Paxton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Paxton.
- McHarg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McHarg is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHarg
- Herron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herron is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron
- Emerson Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Emerson Station is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Station
- Lachine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flanders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Flanders is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
- Alpena Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alpena Junction is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena Junction
- Cathro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cathro is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathro
- Long Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Rapids is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rapids
- Spratt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spratt is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Alpena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Leer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leer is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leer
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- Ashland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Lakewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Hubbard Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ossineke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Alpena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Alcona County
- County Website: https://alconacountymi.com/
- County Seat for Alcona: Harrisville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Paxton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Paxton.
- Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larson Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Larson Beach is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson Beach
- Backus Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Backus Beach is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backus Beach
- Hubbard Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Lake is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Lake
- Lost Lake Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Lake Woods is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake Woods
- Black River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barton City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Curran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alcona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alcona is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcona
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Killmaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Killmaster is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killmaster
- Montmorency County
- County Website: https://www.montcounty.org/
- County Seat for Montmorency: Atlanta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Paxton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Paxton.
- Hillman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Royston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royston is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
- Rust
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rust is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust
- Avery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Big Rock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Canada Creek Ranch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Canada Creek Ranch is located in Montmorency County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Creek Ranch
- Oscoda County
- County Website: https://www.oscodacountymi.com/
- County Seat for Oscoda: Mio
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Paxton ...
- Gomins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gomins is located in Oscoda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomins
- 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 Paxton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Paxton.
- Leroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leroy is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Polaski
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Polaski is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaski
- Orchard Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Point is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Point
- Posen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bell ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bell is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Presque Isle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Metz
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Metz is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Stoneport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneport is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneport
- Harbor View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harbor View is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Liske
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Liske is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liske
- Hagensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
- Hawks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hawks is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
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- Belknap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Calcite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Calcite is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
- Bruningville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruningville is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruningville
- Rogers City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Big Cut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cut is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cut
- Presque Isle Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Presque Isle Estates is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presque Isle Estates
- Moltke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moltke is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltke
- Millersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Paxton) 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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