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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 Aura (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 Aura. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Aura is located in Baraga 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 Baraga County: Houghton, Iron & Marquette.

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

  • Baraga County     (The home county of Aura)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aura, with the one closest to Aura listed first.
    • Pequaming
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
      • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
    • Skanee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skanee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skanee
      • Skanee is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skanee <2>
    • Keweenaw Bay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
      • Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
    • Baraga
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
      • Bear Town is located in Baraga County
    • L'Anse
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for L'Anse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Anse
      • L'Anse is located in Baraga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,825 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for L'Anse <2>
    • Pelkie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelkie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelkie
      • Pelkie is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelkie <2>
    • Alberta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
      • Alberta is located in Baraga County
    • Nestoria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestoria
      • Nestoria is located in Baraga County
    • Covington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
      • Covington is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <2>
    • Watton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watton
      • Watton is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watton <2>
  • Houghton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aura, with the one closest to Aura listed first.
    • Jacobsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
      • Jacobsville is located in Houghton County
    • White City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Houghton County
    • Portage Entry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Entry
      • Portage Entry is located in Houghton County
    • Chassell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chassell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chassell
      • Chassell is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chassell <2>
    • Elo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • Elo is located in Houghton County
    • Dreamland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamland
      • Dreamland is located in Houghton County
    • Dollar Bay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Hazel is located in Houghton County
    • Baltic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
      • Baltic is located in Houghton County
    • Champion Mine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
      • Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
    • Dodgeville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
      • Dodgeville is located in Houghton County
    • Hurontown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurontown
      • Hurontown is located in Houghton County
  • Keweenaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aura, with the one closest to Aura listed first.
    • Gay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
      • Gay is located in Keweenaw County
    • Allouez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allouez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
      • Allouez is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allouez <2>
    • Ahmeek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Fulton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
      • Fulton is located in Keweenaw County
    • Mohawk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aura, with the one closest to Aura listed first.
    • Dodge City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
      • Dodge City is located in Marquette County
    • Michigamme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigamme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigamme
      • Michigamme is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Michigamme <2>
    • Big Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Burns Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Landing
      • Burns Landing is located in Marquette County
    • Alder
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
      • Alder is located in Marquette County
    • Beacon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
      • Beacon is located in Marquette County
    • Champion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clowry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clowry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clowry
      • Clowry is located in Marquette County

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

Newspapers Published in Aura ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aura.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aura, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aura.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Aura:

Cemeteries Near Aura ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aura.

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 Aura covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Aura Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aura Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aura Cemetery
  • Pequaming Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Old Skanee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Skanee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Skanee Cemetery
  • Pinery Indian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinery Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinery Indian Cemetery
  • Skanee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skanee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skanee Cemetery
  • Assinins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Assinins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assinins Cemetery
  • Baraga Village Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baraga Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baraga Village Cemetery
  • L'Anse Twp. Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the L'Anse Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the L'Anse Twp. Cemetery
  • Keweenaw Bay Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keweenaw Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keweenaw Bay Cemetery
  • Jacobsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacobsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacobsville Cemetery
  • Kargi Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kargi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kargi Cemetery
  • Askel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Askel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Askel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Herman Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Herman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Herman Cemetery
    • Pelkie Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pelkie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pelkie Cemetery
    • Chassell Twp. Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Pequaming
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
    • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
  • Skanee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skanee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skanee
    • Skanee is located in Baraga County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skanee <2>
  • Baraga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • L'Anse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for L'Anse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Anse
    • L'Anse is located in Baraga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,825 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for L'Anse <2>
  • Chassell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chassell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chassell
    • Chassell is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chassell <2>
  • Dollar Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Nestoria
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestoria
    • Nestoria is located in Baraga County
  • Ripley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ripley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Ripley is located in Houghton County
  • Houghton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Atlantic Mine
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
    • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
  • Hancock
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Linden
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Linden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Linden
    • Lake Linden is located in Houghton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Linden <2>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Vermilac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermilac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilac
      • Vermilac is located in Baraga County
    • Michigamme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigamme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigamme
      • Michigamme is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Michigamme <2>
    • Boston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston is located in Houghton County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Aura. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aura) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Aura. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8627, Longitude: -88.3187       In this case, the coordinates for Aura have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Aura, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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