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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about New Michigan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Michigan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Michigan, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about New Michigan (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for New Michigan. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of New Michigan is historic, it would have been located within present day Livingston County.

To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Livingston County: Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, La Salle, McLean & Woodford.

Below are the counties that are near New Michigan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Michigan:

  • Livingston County     (The home county of New Michigan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Missal
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Missal is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
    • Blackstone
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Vermilion City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vermilion City is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion City
    • Budd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Budd is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
    • Coalville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Coalville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
    • Ancona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Adams ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Adams is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Long Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Munster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Munster is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
    • Odell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Odell is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <2>
    • Cayuga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cayuga is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
  • Bureau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Spring Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalzell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Kempton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cabery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Kinsman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland Town ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland Town is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Town
    • Verona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wauponsee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wauponsee is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauponsee
    • Mazon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gardner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Wilmington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • South Wilmington is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
    • Clarke City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Clarke City is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
    • East Brooklyn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • East Brooklyn is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Braceville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Central City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Central City is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
  • Kankakee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Reddick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Buckingham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Essex
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • La Salle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Kernan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Kernan is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
    • Streator
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ransom
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kangley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kangley is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Dana
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dana is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dana <2>
    • Grand Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Leeds
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Leeds is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
    • Marseilles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Leonore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Lostant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Lostant is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
      • Lostant has also been known as:
      • Lost Ant
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lostant <2>
    • Seneca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Seneca is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
      • Seneca has also been known as:
      • Crotty
      • Seneca village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <2>
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Wenona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Evans ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Evans is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Toluca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Varna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • La Rose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • McLean County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Chenoa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadows
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Meadows is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Gridley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Weston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Weston is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Lexington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Mount Palatine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Palatine is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Palatine
    • Magnolia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • McNabb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Standard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Granville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Will County
    • Godley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Godley is located in Will County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
  • Woodford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.
    • Minonk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodford is located in Woodford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Panola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Panola is located in Woodford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Benson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • El Paso
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kappa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kappa is located in Woodford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kappa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Roanoke
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Secor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Washburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Michigan, see our County-by-County Page for New Michigan.

Cemeteries Near New Michigan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Michigan.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for New Michigan - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Michigan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.

  • New Michigan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Calder Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Blackstone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Barrickman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Phillips Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Springer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Morris Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bayou Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cornell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sunbury Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (232 more) ...
    • Funk Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • St. Stephen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moon's Point Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find New Michigan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Michigan.

These communities are listed based on their distance from New Michigan, with the one closest to New Michigan listed first.

  • Manville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Manville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
  • Smithdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Smithdale is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
  • Blackstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Missal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Missal is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missal
  • Cornell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kernan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Kernan is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernan
  • Reading
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Reading is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
  • Budd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Budd is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd
  • Streator
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coalville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Coalville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
  • Ancona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Long Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Otter ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Otter is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
    • Adams ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Adams is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Ransom
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Michigan. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Michigan.

Newspapers Published in New Michigan ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Michigan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Michigan, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Michigan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to New Michigan:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Michigan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- New Michigan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.