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Nearest Communities to Schaffer,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Schaffer.<1>

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

Schaffer 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 108 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Schaffer. Of these communities, 58 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 Schaffer (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 Schaffer

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

  • Delta County   (where Schaffer resides)
    • 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 Schaffer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
      • Tesch
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Tesch is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesch
      • Bark River
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Narenta
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Narenta is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narenta
      • Riverland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverland is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverland
      • Hyde
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Hyde is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
      • Pine Ridge
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Flat Rock
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Soo Hill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Soo Hill is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Hill
      • Salva
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Salva is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salva
      • Ford River
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Island View
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Island View is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
      • Groos
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Groos is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groos
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  • Dickinson County
  • Marquette County
  • 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 Schaffer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Schaffer.
      • Eustis
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Eustis is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
      • Perronville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Harris
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Indiantown
        (5 miles [8 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
      • Whitney
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Whitney is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Houle
        (6 miles [9.7 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
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Hannahville is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahville
      • Wilson
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dryads ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Escanaba
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • North Escanaba is located in Menominee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
      • LaBranche
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Spalding
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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        • Gourley
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Gourley is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourley
        • Powers
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Faunus ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Faunus is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faunus
        • Vega
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Vega is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
        • Hermansville
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Hermansville is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
        • Nadeau
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Nadeau is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadeau
        • Carney
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Cunard
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Cunard is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunard
        • Helps
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Helps is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helps
        • Fox
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Fox is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
        • Bagley
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Bagley is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
        • Leapers
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Leapers is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapers
        • Talbot
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Talbot is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot
        • Blom
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Faithorn
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Nathan
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Nathan is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
        • Cedar River
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Banat
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Daggett
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Daggett is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
        • Gardner
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Gardner is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
        • Palestine
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Palestine is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
        • Swanson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Stephenson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ingalls
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Ingalls is located in Menominee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
        • Kells
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Door County
  • Marinette 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Schaffer) 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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