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 Blissfield (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 Blissfield. 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.
Blissfield is located in Lenawee 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 Lenawee County: Hillsdale, Jackson, Monroe, Washtenaw, Fulton (OH) & Lucas (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Blissfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blissfield:
- Lenawee County (The home county of Blissfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Riga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Wellsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Deerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Holloway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Britton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Adrian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Tecumseh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Prattville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Locust Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lickly Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Fishville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Napoleon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Petersburg Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
- Diann
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Diann is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diann
- Dundee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Federman ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Federman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federman
- Lambertville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Cone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Ida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Temperance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Bridgewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saline
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Whittaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
- Rowes Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Sharon Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Pittsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Village
- Willis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rawsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rawsonville is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
- Wayne County
- Willow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Metamora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Assumption
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Lytton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Ai
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ai is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Denson ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Advance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Oakshade
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Henry County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Colton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Colton is located in Henry County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lucas County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Berkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Sylvania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Wernerts Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wernerts Corners is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wernerts Corners
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- West Toledo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Toledo is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Toledo
- Air Line Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Maumee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toledo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa County (OH)
- Curtice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Arbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor Hills is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hills
- Bates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bates is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Rossford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perrysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Walbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dowling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Grand Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tontogany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lemoyne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blissfield, see our County-by-County Page for Blissfield.
Cemeteries Near Blissfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blissfield.
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 Blissfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blissfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Goff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riga Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion United Brethren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scovell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Speigel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- Clark Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Underwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reed Grave
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blissfield had a population of 1,132 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Blissfield had a population of 3,248 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blissfield, with the one closest to Blissfield listed first.
- Riga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Wellsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Deerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lenawee Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lenawee Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenawee Junction
- Ogden Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Ogden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Holloway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Metamora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Raisin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Raisin Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin Center
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- South Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Fairfield is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fairfield
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blissfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blissfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Blissfield ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blissfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Blissfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Blissfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Blissfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> of Blissfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Blissfield:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lenawee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Washtenaw County
- Wayne County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
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 Blissfield, 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' (or 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- Blissfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |