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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 Burnside (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 Burnside. 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.

Burnside is located in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County: Genesee, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac & Tuscola.

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

  • Lapeer County     (The home county of Burnside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnside, with the one closest to Burnside listed first.
    • Brown City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Kings Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • North Branch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Clifford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Clifford is located in Lapeer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Lum
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Silverwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
      • Silverwood is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverwood <1>
    • Barnes Lake - Millers Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Imlay City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Attica
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
      • Attica is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <1>
    • Lapeer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapeer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
      • Lapeer is located in Lapeer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapeer <1>
    • Columbiaville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dryden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hunters Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnside, with the one closest to Burnside listed first.
    • Otisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
      • Otisville is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otisville <1>
    • Davison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davison
      • Davison is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,860 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davison <1>
    • Russellville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Genesee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
      • Genesee is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Genesee <1>
    • Atlas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
      • Atlas is located in Genesee County
    • Goodrich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Macomb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnside, with the one closest to Burnside listed first.
    • Doyle ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doyle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
      • Doyle is located in Macomb County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Doyle
      • From Burnside to Doyle
    • Memphis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
      • Memphis is located in Macomb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
      • Former name for Memphis:
      • Well's Settlement
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Memphis <1>
    • Armada
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Armada Corners ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Armada Corners. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada Corners
      • Armada Corners is located in Macomb County
      • Armada Corners has also been known as:
      • Selleck's Corners
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Armada Corners
      • From Burnside to Armada Corners
    • Miami ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Miami. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
      • Miami is located in Macomb County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Miami
      • From Burnside to Miami
    • Romeo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Berry's Corners ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grays' Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
      • Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
      • Former names for Grays' Mills:
      • Clifton Mill
      • Clifton Village
      • Clifton
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Grays' Mills
      • From Burnside to Grays' Mills
    • Thorington ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thorington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorington
      • Thorington is located in Macomb County
      • Thorington has also been known as:
      • Thorington Settlement
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Thorington
      • From Burnside to Thorington
  • Oakland County
  • Saint Clair County
  • Sanilac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnside, with the one closest to Burnside listed first.
    • Valley Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Marlette
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Melvin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
      • Melvin is located in Sanilac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
    • Juhl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Juhl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juhl
      • Juhl is located in Sanilac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Juhl
      • From Burnside to Juhl
    • Peck
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Speaker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Watertown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Roseburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roseburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg
      • Roseburg is located in Sanilac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Roseburg
      • From Burnside to Roseburg
    • Elmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Decker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hemans
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hemans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
      • Hemans is located in Sanilac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hemans
      • From Burnside to Hemans
    • Cash
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cash. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
      • Cash is located in Sanilac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cash
      • From Burnside to Cash
    • Snover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Tuscola County

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

Cemeteries Near Burnside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burnside.

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

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

  • Fox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Burnside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Burnside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Burnside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Deanville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deanville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deanville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Stuart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stuart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stuart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Indian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hager Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hager Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hager Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Branch - Burlington Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Branch - Burlington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Branch - Burlington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (231 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Burnside had a population of 126 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Brown City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kings Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • North Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marlette
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lum
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
    • Goodland is located in Lapeer County
  • Valley Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Clifford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
    • Clifford is located in Lapeer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
  • Five Lakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Lakes
    • Five Lakes is located in Lapeer County
  • Melvin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Sanilac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Imlay City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Juhl
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Juhl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juhl
    • Juhl is located in Sanilac County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Juhl
    • From Burnside to Juhl
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Attica
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
      • Attica is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <1>
    • Speaker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Peck
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Burnside ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burnside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burnside, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burnside.

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 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 Burnside:

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

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>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.
<5>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 Burnside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Burnside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2106, Longitude: -83.0773       In this case, the coordinates for Burnside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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