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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 Charlotte (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 Charlotte. 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 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.

Charlotte is located in Eaton County and is the County Seat.

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 Eaton County: Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Ingham, Ionia & Jackson.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Charlotte ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Charlotte.

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

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

  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Center Eaton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Eaton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Eaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Millerburg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millerburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millerburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Center Eaton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Benton Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benton Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benton Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Potterville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potterville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potterville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gresham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gresham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gresham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Carmel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Perry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pinch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bosworth Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bosworth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bosworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Brickyard Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Green Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cogsdil Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cogsdil Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cogsdil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Charlotte had a population of 3,867 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Charlotte had a population of 9,052 people.

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

  • Chester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gresham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Potterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Carlisle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ainger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Brookfield is located in Eaton County
  • West Windsor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Olivet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eaton Rapids
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Kingsland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kingsland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
    • Kingsland is located in Eaton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kingsland
    • From Charlotte to Kingsland
  • Kalamo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalamo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamo
    • Kalamo is located in Eaton County
  • Charlesworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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    • Vermontville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermontville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermontville
      • Vermontville is located in Eaton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 770 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vermontville <1>
    • Partello
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partello
      • Partello is located in Calhoun County
    • Duck Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Charlotte ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Charlotte.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Charlotte. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Charlotte and those printed in the larger area surrounding Charlotte.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Charlotte.

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 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 Charlotte:

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

The official website for Eaton County: www.eatoncounty.org/

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>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.
<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>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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Charlotte) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charlotte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5640, Longitude: -84.8359    
<7>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 Charlotte, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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