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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 Carlisle (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 Carlisle. 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 and hospitals 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.

Carlisle is located in Kent 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 Kent County: Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo & Ottawa.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Carlisle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlisle.

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

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

  • Kent Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kent Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kent Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Winchester Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winchester Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winchester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blain Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blain Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Gaines Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Gaines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Gaines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Boynton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boynton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boynton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Winegar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winegar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winegar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Winegar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winegar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winegar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • North Dorr Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Dorr Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Dorr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dutton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dutton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rest Lawn Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Lawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

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

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

  • Byron Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ross
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Ross is located in Kent County
  • Corinth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Corinth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Corinth is located in Kent County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Corinth
    • From Carlisle to Corinth
  • North Dorr
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Dorr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorr
    • North Dorr is located in Kent County
  • Dutton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Moline
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • New Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dorr
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Grandville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jenison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gitchel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gitchel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gitchel
    • Gitchel is located in Ottawa County
  • Corning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Corning is located in Allegan County
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    • East Paris
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paris
      • East Paris is located in Kent County
    • Jamestown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Forest Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Carlisle ...

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 243 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlisle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlisle, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlisle.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Carlisle:

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

The official website for Kent County: www.accesskent.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Carlisle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Carlisle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carlisle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8264, Longitude: -85.6835       In this case, the coordinates for Carlisle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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