Nearest Communities to Vail,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vail, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vail:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 starting from Vail.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Vail 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 80 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vail. Of these communities, 44 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 Vail (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 Vail
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Alger County (where Vail resides)
- County Website: https://www.algercounty.gov/
- County Seat for Alger: Munising
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vail.
- Coalwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coalwood is located in Alger County
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- Stillman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stillman is located in Alger County
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- Dixon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Alger County
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- Forest Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Lake is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Munising Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Munising Junction is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
- Slapneck ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Slapneck is located in Alger County
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- Christmas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Munising
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wetmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Au Train
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Juniper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
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- Kentucky
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kentucky is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Williams Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Landing is located in Alger County
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- Limestone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone is located in Alger County
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- Eben Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Traunik
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Doty is located in Alger County
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- Evelyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Evelyn is located in Alger County
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- Indian Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Town is located in Alger County
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- Rock River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock River is located in Alger County
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- Rumely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rumely is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
- Trenary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ladoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ladoga is located in Alger County
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- Shingleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Onota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Onota is located in Alger County
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- Dorsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dorsey is located in Alger County
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- Sundell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sundell is located in Alger County
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- Van Meer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Van Meer is located in Alger County
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- Deerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Diffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Diffin is located in Alger County
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- Kiva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kiva is located in Alger County
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- Myren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Myren is located in Alger County
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- Williams Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Crossing is located in Alger County
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- Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Star is located in Alger County
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- Melstrand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melstrand is located in Alger County
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- 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 Vail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vail.
- Osier
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Osier is located in Delta County
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- Lathrop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lathrop is located in Delta County
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- Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Delta County
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- Campbell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell is located in Delta County
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- Trombly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trombly is located in Delta County
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- Trombly has also been known as:
- Trombley
- Perkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins is located in Delta County
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- Rapid River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Delta County
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- Winde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winde is located in Delta County
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- Ensign
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ensign is located in Delta County
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- Nahma Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nahma Junction is located in Delta County
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- Saint Jacques
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
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- 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 Vail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vail.
- Lawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lawson is located in Marquette County
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- Dukes
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dukes is located in Marquette County
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- Maple Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
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- Vick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vick is located in Marquette County
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- Selma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Selma is located in Marquette County
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- New Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Dalton is located in Marquette County
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- Carlshend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carlshend is located in Marquette County
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- Skandia Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Skandia Station is located in Marquette County
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- Skandia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yalmar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yalmar is located in Marquette County
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- Gordon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Marquette County
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- Cedar Bank
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bank is located in Marquette County
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- McFarland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McFarland is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- McFarland has also been known as:
- McFarlands
- Mangum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mangum is located in Marquette County
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- Green Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Green Garden is located in Marquette County
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- Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Marquette County
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- Beaver Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beaver Grove is located in Marquette County
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- Little Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swanzy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Swanzy is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
- Harvey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakewood is located in Marquette County
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- Silver Creek Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek Estates is located in Marquette County
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- Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plains is located in Marquette County
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- Sands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sands is located in Marquette County
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- Schoolcraft County
- County Website: https://www.schoolcraftcounty.net/
- County Seat for Schoolcraft: Manistique
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the south
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vail.
- Steuben
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Cusino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cusino is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusino
- Creighton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pines is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Walsh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Hiawatha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hiawatha is located in Schoolcraft County
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- Richardsons Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsons Mill is located in Schoolcraft County
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Vail) 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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