Nearest Communities to Sands Station,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sands Station, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sands Station:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
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.
Sands Station 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 105 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sands Station. Of these communities, 30 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 Sands Station (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 Sands Station
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Marquette County (where Sands Station 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
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- Nearest Communities to Sands Station ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sands Station.
- Sands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sands is located in Marquette County
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- Gentian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gentian is located in Marquette County
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- Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plains is located in Marquette County
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- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Marquette County
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- Swanzy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swanzy is located in Marquette County
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- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Marquette County
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- Gwinn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Marquette County
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- New Swanzy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Swanzy is located in Marquette County
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- Little Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skandia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beaver Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Grove is located in Marquette County
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- Green Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Garden is located in Marquette County
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- Harvey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Estates is located in Marquette County
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- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer is located in Marquette County
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- Yalmar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yalmar is located in Marquette County
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- Lakewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Marquette County
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- Mangum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mangum is located in Marquette County
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- Cedar Bank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bank is located in Marquette County
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- New Dalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Dalton is located in Marquette County
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- Skandia Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Skandia Station is located in Marquette County
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- Pioneer Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Estates is located in Marquette County
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- Eagle Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
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- Selma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Selma is located in Marquette County
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- Brookton Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brookton Corners is located in Marquette County
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- Marquette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carlshend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlshend is located in Marquette County
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- Trowbridge Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Trowbridge Park is located in Marquette County
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- Gordon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Marquette County
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- Beverly Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in Marquette County
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- Negaunee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dukes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dukes is located in Marquette County
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- Maple Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
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- Vick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vick is located in Marquette County
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- Frenchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Marquette County
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- Ishpeming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Angeline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Angeline is located in Marquette County
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- National Mine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- National Mine is located in Marquette County
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- Salisbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Marquette County
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- Winthrop Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winthrop Junction is located in Marquette County
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- Helena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Helena is located in Marquette County
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- Lawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawson is located in Marquette County
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- Forestville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Forestville is located in Marquette County
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- Sugar Loaf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sugar Loaf is located in Marquette County
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- West Ishpeming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Ishpeming is located in Marquette County
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- Freeman Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Freeman Landing is located in Marquette County
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- Wetmore Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wetmore Landing is located in Marquette County
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- North Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Lake is located in Marquette County
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- McFarland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McFarland is located in Marquette County
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- McFarland has also been known as:
- McFarlands
- Barnes - Hecker Mine ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes - Hecker Mine is located in Marquette County
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- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Marquette County
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- South Greenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- South Greenwood is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenwood
- South Greenwood has also been known as:
- Greenwood Station
- Buckroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Buckroe is located in Marquette County
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- Snowville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snowville is located in Marquette County
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- Diorite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diorite is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diorite
- Diorite has also been known as:
- Diotrite
- Clarksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Marquette County
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- Arnold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mashek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mashek is located in Marquette County
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- Northland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Reade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Reade is located in Marquette County
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- Birch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Birch is located in Marquette County
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- Humboldt Mine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Humboldt Mine is located in Marquette County
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- Humboldt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Humboldt is located in Marquette County
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- Clowry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clowry is located in Marquette County
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- Watson ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Marquette County
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- Republic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Republic is located in Marquette County
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- Wobic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wobic is located in Marquette County
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- Beacon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beacon is located in Marquette County
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- Champion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Witbeck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Witbeck is located in Marquette County
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- Antlers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Antlers is located in Marquette County
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- Martins Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Martins Landing is located in Marquette County
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- Witch Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Witch Lake is located in Marquette County
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- Homeier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homeier is located in Marquette County
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- Alger County
- County Website: https://www.algercounty.gov/
- County Seat for Alger: Munising
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
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- Nearest Communities to Sands Station ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sands Station.
- Dorsey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dorsey is located in Alger County
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- Sundell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sundell is located in Alger County
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- Kiva
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kiva is located in Alger County
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- Deerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ladoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ladoga is located in Alger County
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- Rumely
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rumely is located in Alger County
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- Eben Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Onota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Onota is located in Alger County
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- Diffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Diffin is located in Alger County
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- Chatham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Traunik
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Limestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Limestone is located in Alger County
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- Rock River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rock River is located in Alger County
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- Trenary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slapneck ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slapneck is located in Alger County
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- Dixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Alger County
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- Au Train
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- 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 Sands Station ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sands Station.
- Lathrop
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lathrop is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
- Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trombly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trombly is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trombly
- Trombly has also been known as:
- Trombley
- Hendricks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hendricks is located in Delta County
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- Osier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osier is located in Delta County
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- Saint Nicholas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Nicholas is located in Delta County
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- Campbell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Delta County
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- Woodlawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Dickinson County
- County Website: https://www.dickinsoncountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Dickinson: Iron Mountain
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sands Station ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sands Station.
- Alfred
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alfred is located in Dickinson County
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- Ralph
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turner is located in Dickinson County
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- Floodwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Floodwood is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sands Station) 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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