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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 Belleville North (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 Belleville North. 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.

Belleville North is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Macomb, Monroe, Oakland & Washtenaw.

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

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Belleville North)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Belleville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sheldon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sheldon is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Romulus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Canton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New Boston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eloise
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Eloise is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eloise
    • Westland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Plymouth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Garden City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Inkster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenawee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Macon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Macon is located in Lenawee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
    • Britton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Clinton is located in Lenawee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
    • Deerfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tecumseh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Holloway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Holloway is located in Lenawee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Whitmore Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Green Oak is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
    • Hamburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brighton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pettysville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pettysville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
    • Pinckney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chubb's Corners ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chubb's Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb's Corners
    • Hell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hell is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
      • Hell has also been known as:
      • Hi Land Lake
      • Highland Lake
      • Hiland Lake
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <1>
  • Macomb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Dalton Corners ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dalton Corners is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Corners
    • Van Dyke ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Van Dyke is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyke
    • Center Line
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Warren
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Warren is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132,877 people
      • Warren has also been known as:
      • Cottageville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Oakville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Carleton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grafton ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Grafton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Scofield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Scofield is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Flat Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Milan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Maybee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • South Rockwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Steiner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Steiner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steiner
    • Azalia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Azalia is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
    • Newport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grape
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Grape is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
  • Oakland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Northville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Farmington Acres
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Farmington Acres is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Acres
    • Novi
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Novi is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,852 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Novi <1>
    • Clarenceville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarenceville is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarenceville
    • Farmington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Farmington Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Quakertown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Quakertown is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
    • South Lyon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hudson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • North Farmington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • North Farmington is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Farmington
    • Walled Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Southfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Washtenaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belleville North, with the one closest to Belleville North listed first.
    • Rawsonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Rawsonville is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
    • Willis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ypsilanti
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Whittaker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
    • Stony Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Dixboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixboro is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixboro
    • Pittsfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
      • Pittsfield has also been known as:
      • Pittsfield Village
    • Salem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Salem is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Emery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Emery is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
    • Ann Arbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Barton Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton Hills is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Saline
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Saline is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saline <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Belleville North ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belleville North.

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 Belleville North - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hillside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Denton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Tyler Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Otisville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Denton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Union - Udell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Martinsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Romulus City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Downer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheldon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mallett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (381 more) ...
    • St. Stephen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Comstock Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Alban Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Belleville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Denton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Denton is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
  • Rawsonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rawsonville is located in Washtenaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
  • Willis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Martinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Martinsville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • New Boston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Romulus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Canton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wayne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • West Sumpter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • West Sumpter is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sumpter
  • Ypsilanti
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Whittaker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Sunnyside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Sunnyside is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Stony Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Geddes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Geddes is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes

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

Newspapers Published in Belleville North ...

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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belleville North.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belleville North, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belleville North.

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 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 Belleville North:

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>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 Belleville North, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Belleville North) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.