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Nearest Communities to Shingleton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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.

Shingleton is located in Alger County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shingleton. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Alger 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 Shingleton (which is Alger 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 Shingleton

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

  • Alger County   (where Shingleton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.algercounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Alger:   Munising
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shingleton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shingleton.
      • Star
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Star is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Evelyn
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Evelyn is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
      • Doty
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Van Meer
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Van Meer is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Meer
      • Myren
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Myren is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myren
      • Juniper
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Juniper is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
      • Williams Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Williams Crossing is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
      • Indian Town
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Indian Town is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
      • Wetmore
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Melstrand
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Munising
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kentucky
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Kentucky is located in Alger County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
      • Continue List   (27 more) ...
        • Williams Landing
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Williams Landing is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Landing
        • Munising Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Christmas
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Coalwood
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Coalwood is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalwood
        • Stillman
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Stillman is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillman
        • Vail
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Vail is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Forest Lake
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Forest Lake is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
        • Au Train
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Dixon
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Dixon is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
        • Slapneck ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Slapneck is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
        • Chatham
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Sunrise Landing
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Sunrise Landing is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Landing
        • Limestone
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Limestone is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
        • Rock River
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Rock River is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
        • Eben Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Sullivans Landing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sullivans Landing is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivans Landing
        • Traunik
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Green Haven
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Green Haven is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
        • Trenary
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Onota
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Rumely
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Deerton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Diffin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Ladoga
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Ladoga is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
        • Dorsey
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sundell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Sundell is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundell
        • Kiva
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Kiva is located in Alger County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva
  • Delta County
  • Schoolcraft County

Footnotes ...

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