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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 Cedar Bank (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 Cedar Bank. 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 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.

Cedar Bank 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 Cedar Bank. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Bank:

  • Marquette County     (The home county of Cedar Bank)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bank, with the one closest to Cedar Bank listed first.
    • Carlshend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Carlshend is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlshend
    • Little Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Skandia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Helena
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Helena is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • New Dalton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New Dalton is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dalton
    • McFarland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • McFarland is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • McFarland has also been known as:
      • McFarlands
    • Gwinn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Austin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Austin is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Sands
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sands is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
    • Gentian
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gentian is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentian
    • Harvey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Marquette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Palmer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Palmer is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bank, with the one closest to Cedar Bank listed first.
    • Dorsey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dorsey is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
    • Rumely
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Rumely is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
    • Diffin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Diffin is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diffin
    • Eben Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Traunik
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Trenary
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chatham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Deerton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Onota
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Onota is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
    • Slapneck ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Slapneck is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
    • Au Train
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Munising Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
    • Munising
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Bank, with the one closest to Cedar Bank listed first.
    • Lathrop
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lathrop is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
    • Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Osier
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Osier is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
    • Trombly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Trombly is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trombly
      • Trombly has also been known as:
      • Trombley
    • Saint Nicholas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
    • Beaver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Beaver is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Perkins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Perkins is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Brampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Brampton is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Maplewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Maplewood is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Cornell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Rapid River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chaison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Chaison is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaison
    • Chandler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Chandler is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
  • Dickinson County
    • Ralph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Menominee County
    • LaBranche
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • LaBranche is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Bank ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Bank.

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 Cedar Bank - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Branch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • UMC Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Haglund Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gwinn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • St. Pauls Lutherans Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lathrop Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sands Twp. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bakkala Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mathias Twp. Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (22 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.<3>

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

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

  • Little Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Swanzy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Swanzy is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
  • Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Plains is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • McFarland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • McFarland is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
    • McFarland has also been known as:
    • McFarlands
  • Lathrop
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lathrop is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
  • Sands
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sands is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Gordon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Gordon is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Harvey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Rock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Deerton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Onota
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Onota is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
  • Marquette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Palmer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Palmer is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Eagle Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
    • Campbell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Campbell is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell

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

Newspapers Published in Cedar Bank ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Bank.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Bank, 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 Cedar Bank.

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 Cedar Bank:

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 Cedar Bank, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Bank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.