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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Beechwood (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 Beechwood. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Beechwood is located in Iron County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iron County: Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Marquette, Ontonagon, Florence (WI), Forest (WI) & Vilas (WI).

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

  • Iron County     (The home county of Beechwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Gibbs City ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibbs City is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs City
    • Atkinson ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkinson is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
    • Mineral Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mineral Hills is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hills
    • Iron River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Stambaugh
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Stambaugh is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stambaugh
    • Bates Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bates Junction is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Junction
    • Caspian
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gaastra
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chicagon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Chicagon is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicagon
    • Amasa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Pentoga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pentoga is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentoga
    • Balsam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Balsam is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam
    • Alpha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Baraga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Watton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Covington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Vermilac
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Vermilac is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilac
  • Gogebic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Katakitckon Indian Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Fuller
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fuller is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
    • Watersmeet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Houghton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Kenton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Kenton is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
    • Sidnaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Ontonagon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Agate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Agate is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
    • Paulding
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Trout Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Robbins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
    • Craigsmere
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Craigsmere is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsmere
    • Paynesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
  • Florence County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Tipler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tipler is located in Florence County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipler
    • Fern ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fern is located in Florence County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
    • Florence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Florence is located in Florence County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Commonwealth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Commonwealth is located in Florence County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
  • Forest County (WI)
    • Nelma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Nelma is located in Forest County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelma
  • Vilas County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
    • Phelps
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Phelps is located in Vilas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
    • Land O'Lakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Land O'Lakes is located in Vilas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
    • Conover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Conover is located in Vilas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
    • Eagle River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle River is located in Vilas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people

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

Cemeteries Near Beechwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beechwood.

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 Beechwood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Iron River Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stambaugh Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stambaugh Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bates Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Katakikon Indian Village Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Indian Burial Ground
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hematite Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Interior Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Watersmeet Twp. Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Long Lake Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hildegard Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beechwood had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Atkinson ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Atkinson is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
  • Iron River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmwood is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Stambaugh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stambaugh is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stambaugh
  • Tamarack
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tamarack is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
    • Tamarack has also been known as:
    • Tamarack Lake
  • Amasa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Watersmeet
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Crystal Falls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Mastodon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mastodon is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastodon
  • Panola
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Panola is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
  • Kenton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Kenton is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
  • Stager
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Stager is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stager
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Sidnaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Trout Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Robbins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins

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

Newspapers Published in Beechwood ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beechwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beechwood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beechwood.

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 Beechwood:

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 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.
<3>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 Beechwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Beechwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.