Nearest Communities to Michigan City,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Michigan City, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Michigan City:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Michigan City.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Michigan City is located in Nelson County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nelson County: Benson, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Ramsey, Steele & Walsh.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Michigan City. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Nelson 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 Michigan City (which is Nelson 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 Michigan City
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nelson County (where Michigan City resides)
- County Website: https://www.nelsonco.org/
- County Seat for Nelson: Lakota
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Michigan City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Michigan City.
- Michigan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mapes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mapes is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whitman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Pelto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pelto is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelto
- Lakota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dahlen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dahlen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlen
- Harrisburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Wamduska ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wamduska is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamduska
- McVille
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pekin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tolna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kloten
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kloten is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloten
- Aneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Benson County
- Eddy County
- County Website: https://www.eddycountynd.org/
- County Seat for Eddy: New Rockford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Michigan City ...
- Hamar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar
- Grand Forks County
- County Website: https://www.gfcounty.nd.gov/
- County Seat for Grand Forks: Grand Forks
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Michigan City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Michigan City.
- Niagara
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shawnee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- McCanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
- Logan Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Center is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Center
- Orr
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Orr is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Hannah Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Junction
- Forest River Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest River Colony is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest River Colony
- Inkster
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Larimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kempton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Arvilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gilby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Honeyford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Honeyford is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyford
- Ramsey County
- County Website: https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/
- County Seat for Ramsey: Devils Lake
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Michigan City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Michigan City.
- Bartlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Brocket
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Doyon is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyon
- Southam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southam is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southam
- Lawton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rohrville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rohrville is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrville
- Essex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Essex is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Keith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Edmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walsh County
- County Website: https://walshcountynd.com/
- County Seat for Walsh: Grafton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Michigan City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Michigan City.
- Praha ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Praha is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Fordville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lankin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Conway is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
- Pleasant Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Adams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ops
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ops is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ops
- Pisek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Michigan City) 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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