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Introduction ...

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 Albion (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 Albion. 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 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.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Albion is located in Calhoun County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calhoun County: Barry, Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo & Saint Joseph.

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

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Albion)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albion, with the one closest to Albion listed first.
    • Marengo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rice Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Homer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Duck Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Marshall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Marshall is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,923 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
    • Tekonsha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ceresco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceresco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
    • Pennfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Burlington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Burlington is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Beadle Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brownlee Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Verona Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Battle Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albion, with the one closest to Albion listed first.
    • Maple Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Nashville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Barry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <1>
  • Branch County
  • Eaton County
  • Hillsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albion, with the one closest to Albion listed first.
    • Mosherville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosherville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
      • Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
    • Litchfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
      • Litchfield is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Litchfield <1>
    • Moscow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Allen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Allen is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Jonesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
      • Jonesville is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <1>
    • Jerome
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerome have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
      • Jerome is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jerome <1>
    • North Adams
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Adams have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
      • North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
    • Somerset Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Somerset
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Steamburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Osseo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Reading
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Ingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albion, with the one closest to Albion listed first.
    • Onondaga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leslie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Leslie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leslie
      • North Leslie is located in Ingham County
    • Bunker Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bunker Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
      • Bunker Hill is located in Ingham County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bunker Hill
      • From Albion to Bunker Hill
    • Fitchburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mason
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Ingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
    • Holt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in Ingham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holt <1>
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albion, with the one closest to Albion listed first.
    • Devereaux
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Parma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
      • Parma is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <1>
    • Concord
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Springport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Spring Arbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sandstone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Woodville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Woodville
      • From Albion to Woodville
    • Tompkins
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkins have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
      • Tompkins is located in Jackson County
    • Horton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hanover
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Hanover is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <1>
    • Jackson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Berryville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rives Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rives Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Junction
      • Rives Junction is located in Jackson County
  • Kalamazoo County
    • Climax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Lenawee County

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

Cemeteries Near Albion ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albion.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Riverside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Albion Memory Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Babcock Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babcock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Babcock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Albion Twp. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albion Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albion Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bayn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bayn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Perry - Graham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry - Graham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perry - Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reed Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Marengo Village Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marengo Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marengo Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Eckford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Eckford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Eckford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Albion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Albion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Albion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (333 more) ...
    • Woodiff Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodiff Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodiff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Smithfield Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smithfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smithfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • King Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Albion had a population of 3,763 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Albion had a population of 8,359 people.

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

  • Condit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Condit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
    • Condit is located in Calhoun County
  • Devereaux
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marengo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Eckford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckford
    • Eckford is located in Calhoun County
  • Homer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Concord
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Parma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <1>
  • Rice Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clarendon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Clarendon is located in Calhoun County
  • Springport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pulaski
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pulaski have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
    • Pulaski is located in Jackson County
  • Spring Arbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Marshall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Marshall is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,923 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
    • Duck Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Partello
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partello have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partello
      • Partello is located in Calhoun County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Albion ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albion.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Albion. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Albion and those printed in the larger area surrounding Albion.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Albion.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Albion:

The official website for Albion: www.ci.albion.mi.us/

The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhoun-mi.com/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Albion) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2469, Longitude: -84.7530    
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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 Albion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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