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

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

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

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

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

Rapid River is located in Delta County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delta County: Alger, Marquette, Menominee & Schoolcraft.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 109 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rapid River. Of these communities, 53 are located in counties other than Delta 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 Rapid River (which is Delta 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 Rapid River

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

  • Delta County   (where Rapid River 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 Rapid River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rapid River.
      • Trenary
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Diffin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Kiva
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Kiva is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva
      • Limestone
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Limestone is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
      • Traunik
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Ladoga
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Ladoga is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
      • Dixon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Dixon is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Forest Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Forest Lake is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
      • Slapneck ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Slapneck is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
      • Kentucky
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Kentucky is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
      • Chatham
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Dorsey
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Eben Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Rumely
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Sundell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Sundell is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundell
        • Vail
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Vail is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Coalwood
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Coalwood is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalwood
        • Stillman
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Stillman is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillman
  • Marquette County
    • 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 Rapid River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rapid River.
      • McFarland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Watson ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Helena
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mashek
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Mashek is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashek
      • Arnold
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Maple Grove
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
      • Lawson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Lawson is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
      • Vick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Vick is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vick
      • Carlshend
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Bank
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Cedar Bank is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bank
      • Reade
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Dukes
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Dukes is located in Marquette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
      • Little Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Menominee County
    • County Website:   https://www.menomineecounty.com/
    • County Seat for Menominee:   Menominee
    • Note: Green Bay lies to the south
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rapid River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rapid River.
      • North Escanaba
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • North Escanaba is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
      • Perronville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Eustis
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Eustis is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
      • Whitney
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Whitney is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Dryads ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harris
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Indiantown
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Indiantown is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
        • Indiantown has also been known as:
        • Indian Town
      • LaBranche
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Houle
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Houle is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houle
        • Houle has also been known as:
        • Houles
      • Hannahville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Hannahville is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahville
      • Faunus ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Faunus is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faunus
      • Wilson
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Spalding
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Helps
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Helps is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helps
  • Schoolcraft 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- Rapid 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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