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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 Campbells Corners (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 Campbells Corners. 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.

Name Variations for Campbells Corners ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Campbells Corners: Campbells Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Campbells Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Campbells Corners may originally have been Campbell's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Campbells Corners might be written as Campbell Corners.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw County: Alcona, Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Oscoda & Roscommon.

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

  • Ogemaw County     (The home county of Campbells Corners)
  • Alcona County
  • Arenac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Corners, with the one closest to Campbells Corners listed first.
    • Melita
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Melita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
      • Melita is located in Arenac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Melita
      • From Campbells Corners to Melita
    • Maple Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sterling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
      • Sterling is located in Arenac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <2>
    • Turner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Turner is located in Arenac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Twining
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twining have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
      • Twining is located in Arenac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Omer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Omer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
      • Omer is located in Arenac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Standish
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standish have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Standish is located in Arenac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Standish <2>
    • Arenac
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arenac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
      • Arenac is located in Arenac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arenac
      • From Campbells Corners to Arenac
    • Pine River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Au Gres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Saganing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Whites Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Corners, with the one closest to Campbells Corners listed first.
    • Bentley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bentley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
      • Bentley is located in Bay County
    • Mount Forest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Nine Mile
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Clare County
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Corners, with the one closest to Campbells Corners listed first.
    • Deerheart Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pere Cheney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
      • Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
      • Pere Cheney has also been known as:
      • Center Plains
      • Cheney
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pere Cheney
      • From Campbells Corners to Pere Cheney
  • Gladwin County
  • Iosco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Corners, with the one closest to Campbells Corners listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Whittemore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whittemore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
      • Whittemore is located in Iosco County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whittemore <2>
    • National City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National City
      • National City is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for National City <2>
    • White Rock ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Sid Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sid Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
      • Sid Town is located in Iosco County
  • Oscoda County
  • Roscommon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbells Corners, with the one closest to Campbells Corners listed first.
    • Saint Helen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Geels
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Geels. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels
      • Geels is located in Roscommon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Geels
      • From Campbells Corners to Geels
    • Roscommon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roscommon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscommon
      • Roscommon is located in Roscommon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscommon <2>
    • Prudenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prudenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudenville
      • Prudenville is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prudenville <2>
    • Houghton Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houghton Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake
      • Houghton Lake is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houghton Lake <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Campbells Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbells Corners.

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

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

  • Campbells Corners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbells Corners Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbells Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Selkirk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rose City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ogemaw Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ogemaw Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ogemaw Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rose Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mills Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tucker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Logan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Logan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Logan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lane Heights Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Heights Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Heights Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (91 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Campbells Corners had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Campbells Corners ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbells Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbells Corners, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbells Corners.

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 websites either 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 Campbells Corners:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Campbells Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Campbells Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Campbells Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3131, Longitude: -84.1457       In this case, the coordinates for Campbells Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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