Nearest Communities to Williams Crossing,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Williams Crossing, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Williams Crossing:
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 from Williams Crossing.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Williams Crossing 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 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williams Crossing. Of these communities, 10 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 Williams Crossing (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 Williams Crossing
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Alger County (where Williams Crossing resides)
- County Website: https://www.algercounty.gov/
- County Seat for Alger: Munising
- Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams Crossing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams Crossing.
- Myren
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Myren is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myren
- Melstrand
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melstrand is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melstrand
- Van Meer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Van Meer is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Meer
- Shingleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Evelyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evelyn is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- Indian Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Town is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Doty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doty is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty
- Juniper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Juniper is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Wetmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Munising
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williams Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Williams Landing is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Landing
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Christmas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Munising Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Munising Junction is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
- Coalwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coalwood is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalwood
- Kentucky
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Stillman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillman is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillman
- Sunrise Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Landing is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Landing
- Vail
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vail is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Sullivans Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivans Landing is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivans Landing
- Au Train
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Forest Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Lake is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Green Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Green Haven is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Dixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- 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
- Slapneck ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Slapneck is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
- Chatham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eben Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grand Marais
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Onota
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Onota is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
- Traunik
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rumely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rumely is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
- Trenary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Williams Crossing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams Crossing.
- Cusino
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cusino is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusino
- Pines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pines is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pines
- Creighton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Walsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Steuben
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Hiawatha
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hiawatha is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Lavender Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lavender Corner is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender Corner
- Seney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Germfask
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richardsons Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richardsons Mill is located in Schoolcraft County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsons Mill
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- Williams Crossing) 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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