Nearest Communities to West Tamarack,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to West Tamarack, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for West Tamarack:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.
West Tamarack is located in Houghton County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Houghton County: Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon & Ashland (WI).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 94 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Tamarack. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Houghton 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 West Tamarack (which is Houghton 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 West Tamarack
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Houghton County (where West Tamarack resides)
- County Website: https://www.houghtoncounty.net/
- County Seat for Houghton: Houghton
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and Whitefish Bay to the east
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- Nearest Communities to West Tamarack ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Tamarack.
- Tamarack
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tamarack is located in Houghton County
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- Centennial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Centennial Heights is located in Houghton County
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- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Houghton County
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- Lakeview has also been known as:
- Lake View
- Swedetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Swedetown is located in Houghton County
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- Calumet
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Centennial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centennial is located in Houghton County
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- Wolverine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wolverine is located in Houghton County
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- Laurium
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola is located in Houghton County
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- Kearsarge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipsville is located in Houghton County
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- Copper City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copper City is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
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- Lake Linden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Houghton County
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- Hubbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gregoryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gregoryville is located in Houghton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregoryville
- Quincy Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quincy Mill is located in Houghton County
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- Arcadian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadian is located in Houghton County
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- Mason
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Houghton County
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- Lewer Pewabic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lewer Pewabic is located in Houghton County
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- Paavola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paavola is located in Houghton County
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- Dollar Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Houghton County
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- Franklin Mine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Mine is located in Houghton County
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- Oskar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oskar is located in Houghton County
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- Pewabic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pewabic is located in Houghton County
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- Senter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Senter is located in Houghton County
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- Hancock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schmidt Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schmidt Corner is located in Houghton County
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- Dreamland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dreamland is located in Houghton County
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- Pilgrim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim is located in Houghton County
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- Point Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Point Mills is located in Houghton County
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- Sunshine Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sunshine Beach is located in Houghton County
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- Hurontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hurontown is located in Houghton County
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- Traverse Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Traverse Bay is located in Houghton County
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- Dodgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Houghton County
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- Liminga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liminga is located in Houghton County
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- Atlantic Mine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
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- Superior
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Houghton County
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- Rabbit Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rabbit Bay is located in Houghton County
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- Mill Mine Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Mine Junction is located in Houghton County
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- South Range
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chassell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baltic is located in Houghton County
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- Redridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redridge is located in Houghton County
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- Salmon Trout
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salmon Trout is located in Houghton County
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- Trimountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trimountain is located in Houghton County
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- Beacon Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beacon Hill is located in Houghton County
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- Champion Mine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
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- Painesdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Painesdale is located in Houghton County
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- Freda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freda is located in Houghton County
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- Jacobsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jacobsville is located in Houghton County
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- Portage Entry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Portage Entry is located in Houghton County
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- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Houghton County
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- Klingville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Klingville is located in Houghton County
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- Toivola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tapiola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tapiola is located in Houghton County
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- Stonington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stonington is located in Houghton County
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- Askel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Askel is located in Houghton County
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- Donken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Donken is located in Houghton County
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- Elo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elo is located in Houghton County
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- Twin Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Houghton County
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- Baraga County
- County Website: https://keweenawbay.org/
- County Seat for Baraga: L'Anse
- Note: Whitefish Bay lies to the north, with Lake Superior to the northeast
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- Nearest Communities to West Tamarack ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Tamarack.
- Arnheim
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Arnheim is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnheim
- Keweenaw Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
- Aura
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aura is located in Baraga County
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- Pequaming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pequaming is located in Baraga County
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- Skanee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Assinins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Assinins is located in Baraga County
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- Glovers Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glovers Corner is located in Baraga County
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- Keweenaw County
- County Website: https://www.keweenawcountyonline.org/
- County Seat for Keweenaw: Eagle River
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and Whitefish Bay to the south
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Tamarack ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Tamarack.
- Allouez
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bumbletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bumbletown is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumbletown
- Ahmeek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Mohawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Hebards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hebards is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebards
- Ojibway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ojibway is located in Keweenaw County
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- Traverse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Traverse is located in Keweenaw County
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- Snowshoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Snowshoe is located in Keweenaw County
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- Phoenix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Phoenix is located in Keweenaw County
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- Vaughsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughsville is located in Keweenaw County
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- Eagle Nest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Nest is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
- Eagle River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gay is located in Keweenaw County
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- Central
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Keweenaw County
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- Copper Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Falls is located in Keweenaw County
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- Betsy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Betsy is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsy
- Eagle Harbor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Wyoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Lac La Belle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mandan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mandan is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandan
- Bete Grise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bete Grise is located in Keweenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bete Grise
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- West Tamarack) 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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