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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 Cascade (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 Cascade. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Cascade is located in Marquette 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 Marquette County: Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron & Menominee.

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

  • Marquette County     (The home county of Cascade)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
    • Gentian
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Gentian is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentian
    • Sands
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sands is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
    • Palmer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Palmer is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Brookton Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Brookton Corners is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton Corners
    • Trowbridge Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Trowbridge Park is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge Park
    • Harvey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marquette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Negaunee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Forestville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Forestville is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Ishpeming
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Angeline
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lake Angeline is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Angeline
    • National Mine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • National Mine is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
    • Salisbury
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Salisbury is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
    • Dorsey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Dorsey is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
    • Deerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Rumely
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Rumely is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
    • Onota
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Onota is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
    • Eben Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Diffin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Diffin is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diffin
    • Chatham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Traunik
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Traunik is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traunik
      • Former names for Traunik:
      • Buckeye Landing
      • Buckeye Spur
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Traunik <1>
    • Slapneck ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Slapneck is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
    • Au Train
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Trenary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
    • Lathrop
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lathrop is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
    • Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dickinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
    • Ralph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Floodwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Floodwood is located in Dickinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
    • Turner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Turner is located in Dickinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner

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

Cemeteries Near Cascade ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cascade.

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 Cascade - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sands Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Negaunee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Northland Chapel Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland Chapel Gardens
    • The Northland Chapel Gardens has also been known as:
    • Northland Chapel Garden Cemetery
  • Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
    • The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Marquette Park Cemetery
  • Bakkala Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ishpeming Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Pauls Lutherans Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gwinn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • West Branch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • UMC Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Haglund Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarksburg Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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.<3>

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

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

  • Sands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sands is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Eagle Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
  • Palmer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Palmer is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Harvey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Marquette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Negaunee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Plains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plains is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • Ishpeming
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Winthrop Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Winthrop Junction is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Junction
  • National Mine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • National Mine is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
  • Swanzy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Swanzy is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
  • West Ishpeming
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • West Ishpeming is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ishpeming
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Little Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Gordon is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Greenwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood

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

Newspapers Published in Cascade ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cascade.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cascade, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cascade.

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 Cascade:

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 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.
<3>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 Cascade, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cascade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.