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Nearest Communities to Detroit,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 Detroit.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Detroit is located in Marion County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Benton, Clackamas, Deschutes, Linn, Polk, Wasco & Yamhill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Detroit. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Marion 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 Detroit (which is Marion 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 Detroit

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

  • Marion County   (where Detroit resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.marion.or.us/
    • County Seat for Marion:   Salem
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Detroit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Detroit.
      • Jawbone Flats ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Jawbone Flats is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jawbone Flats
      • Breitenbush Hot Springs
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Breitenbush
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Breitenbush is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breitenbush
      • Niagara
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Niagara is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
      • Minto
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Minto is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minto
      • Elkhorn
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Elkhorn is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn Woods
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Elkhorn Woods is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Woods
      • Gooch
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Gooch is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooch
      • Mehama
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hullt ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hullt is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullt
      • Silver Falls City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City
      • Drake Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Noble ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Noble is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
  • Clackamas County
  • Linn County
    • County Website:   https://www.linncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Linn:   Albany
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Detroit   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Detroit.
      • Idanha
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • New Idanha
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Marion Forks
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Marion Forks is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Forks
      • Bryant City ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Bryant City is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant City
      • Lone Star
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Lone Star is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Gates
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Anidem ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Anidem is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anidem
      • Mill City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Fox Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Fox Valley is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
      • Lyons
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Upper Soda
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Upper Soda is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Soda
      • Santiam Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Santiam Junction is located in Linn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam Junction
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Roberts
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Roberts is located in Linn County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
        • Jack Shelter
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Jack Shelter is located in Linn County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Shelter
        • Jordan
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Cascadia
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Fords Mill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Fords Mill is located in Linn County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
        • Kingston
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Kingston is located in Linn County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
        • Lacomb
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Detroit) 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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